The following terms and phrases – wherever mentioned herein – shall have the meanings stated before each of them:
1. Law: National Associations and Establishments Law.
2. Ministry: Ministry of Social Affairs.
3. Minister: Minister of Social Affairs.
4. Association: national association.
5. Board of directors: association board of directors.
6. Establishment: national establishment.
7. Board of trustees: board of trustees of the establishment.
8. Competent authority: the authority specified by the council of Ministers.
9. Supervising authority: the government authority, which the establishment or association activity enters among its competencies.
10. Regulation: implementing regulation of National Associations and Establishments Law.
11. Statute: stature of the establishment or association.

The regulation of governing the relation between the Ministry and supervising authority determines the rules of supervision, administrative, financial and technical monitoring over national associations.

For the purposes of enforcing the provisions of the law and regulation, the association of every group with continuing regulation for a limited or unlimited period and consists of legal or natural persons or both, shall be deemed originally non-profit for the purpose of achieving one of charity or solidarity purposes or one of the activities stated in article (5) hereof.

While taking into account the objectives stated by the law, as well as the association specialty, the Statute determines the objectives, on which the association are based and determined for its activities, whereas these objectives may only be exceeded with the Minister approval or whoever acts on his behalf.

The association is established for the achievement of one of the following purposes or activities:
1. Charity, solidarity, public services or care.
2. Religious, social, cultural, health, environmental, developmental, raising awareness, technical or seasonal.
3. Educational, learning, scientific, research or training.
4. Professional, vocational, innovational, youthful, women, children, tourism or volunteering.
5. Consumer protection and family protection.
6. Disasters and crisis and realization of society safety.
7. Family and social development.
8. Any other national activity valued by the Ministry.

The following is required in the applicant of establishment of association with natural personality:
1. He shall be a holder of Saudi nationality.
2. He shall be at least eighteen years old.
3. He shall possess full legal capacity.
4. No final judgement was issued against him in a dishonorable crime, unless he is exonerated.