In Uzbekistan, directives issued by the head of the Presidential Administration will now carry the status of an independent category of legal act, binding on state bodies, enterprises, institutions, organizations, and officials nationwide. The change is set out in the constitutional law on the Presidential Administration signed today, August 14.
The law amends the Legal Acts Law accordingly. The current list of legal act types includes the Constitution, laws, resolutions of the two chambers, presidential decrees, Cabinet of Ministers resolutions, orders and resolutions issued by ministries and agencies, and decisions by local government bodies. Directives from the head of the Presidential Administration were not previously included in this list.
Article 6 of the law will now be expanded to include this new category of legal act. In the legal hierarchy, these directives will outrank Cabinet of Ministers resolutions, ministry and agency orders and resolutions, and decisions by local authorities.
The law also includes an Article 12-1, defining the scope of these directives. Under the new provision, the head of the Administration will be able to issue directives based on the Constitution and legislation, as well as on presidential decrees, resolutions, directives, and instructions — in order to ensure their implementation and organize the Administration's work effectively. Such directives will be binding on all state bodies, enterprises, institutions, organizations, and officials across Uzbekistan.
Provincial governors and councils will be able to base decisions on them
The constitutional law also amends Article 16 of the Law "On Legal Acts," which governs how local government bodies adopt regulatory decisions.
Currently, regulatory decisions issued by councils of people's deputies and regional governors are based on and implement the Constitution, legislation, resolutions the two chambers, presidential and Cabinet of Ministers acts, and decisions by higher-level local authorities.
Once the amendments take effect, directives from the head of the Presidential Administration will be added to this list — meaning such directives can now serve as the legal basis for regulatory decisions made by regional governors and local councils.
In addition, amendments to Article 36 of the law establish that the official text of a directive issued by the head of the Administration will be certified by the head of the Administration himself.
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