PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAW OF UKRAINE «ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE» (CRITICAL ANALYSIS)

Abstract

The article provides a critical analysis of the provisions of the Law of Ukraine «On Administrative Procedure» in view of the practical significance of its prescriptions. It has been established that the following factors can negatively affect the degree of implementation of a normative-legal act: 1) the level of general and legal culture of citizens; 2) inconsistency of legal prescriptions with the urgent and important needs of society or a certain social group; 3) lack of clear mechanisms for the implementation of norms established in them; 4) the desire of lawyers to transfer generalized theoretical concepts first to the plane of law-making, and then to the sphere of law enforcement. It has been proven that the Law of Ukraine «On Administrative Procedure» is full of theoretical generalizations that do not fully take into account the peculiarities of practice. It was found that the scope of implementation of the requirements of the Law of Ukraine «On Administrative Procedure» is significantly narrowed, which is due to the following factors: 1) the specificity of certain types of social relations, where other procedures are used (for example, court procedures in court proceedings, administrative or official procedures in the field of public services); 2) the existence of special laws that already regulate the specifics of certain procedures (for example, notarial procedures, election procedures); 3) a special regime of legal regulation of such spheres as national security, defense, and investigative activities. Attention is drawn to the fact that already today there are numerous questions regarding the provisions of the Law of Ukraine «On Administrative Procedure» regarding their application. It is emphasized that even more questions regarding the content of the normative legal act will arise after the subjects of law enforcement begin to implement its prescriptions. The following are predicted: 1) numerical changes to the Law of Ukraine «On Administrative Procedure» itself; 2) numerical changes in normative legal acts regulating certain types of administrative procedures; 3) numerous official and unofficial interpretations of the legal prescriptions of the Law; 4) numerical errors of subjects of law enforcement activity. The conclusion that the Law of Ukraine «On Administrative Procedure» ignores the variety of administrative procedures, which are significantly different in terms of purpose, subject and content of administrative case review, subject composition and types of decisions on the case, is justified. It is suggested that the generalized regulation of administrative procedures does more harm than good to the legal regulation of public service relations and relations for the provision of administrative services.