Annulment and Revocation of an Unlawful Decision in the Administrative Procedure

Abstract

U radu se analizira pravno uređenje poništavanja i ukidanja nezakonitog rješenja u Zakonu o općem upravnom postupku. Poništavanje i ukidanje nezakonitog rješenja je izvanredno pravno sredstvo koje je (iako pod različitim nazivima) u normiranju općeg upravnog postupka u Hrvatskoj neprekidno prisutno skoro jedno stoljeće. Svoje korijene ima još u Zakonu o općem upravnom postupku iz 1930. Tijekom navedenoga razdoblja institut je mijenjan, ali je uvijek imao snažna autoritativna i ofi ciozna obilježja. U radu će se pokušati odgovoriti na osnovna pitanja koja nameće važeće pravno uređenje poništavanja i ukidanja nezakonitoga rješenja u Zakonu o općem upravnom postupku. U tu svrhu, najprije se ukratko prikazuje pozitivno-pravno (de lege lata) uređenje instituta, te se nakon toga, ukazuje na potrebu unaprjeđivanja instituta te ističu de lege ferenda prijedlozi. U radu se upućuje i na povijesni razvoj instituta u hrvatskom pravu te na pojedina odabrana poredbeno-pravna rješenja.The paper analyses the legal regulation of annulment and revocation of an unlawful decision in the General Administrative Procedure Act. Annulment and revocation of an unlawful decision is an extraordinary legal remedy that (albeit under different names) has been continuously present in the norming of the general administrative procedure in Croatia for almost a century. It has its roots in the General Administrative Procedure Act from 1930. During the mentioned period, the institute was changed, but it had always had strong authoritative and offi cial features. In this paper, we will try to answer the basic questions imposed by the valid legal regulation of the annulment and revocation of unlawful decisions in the General Administrative Procedure Act. For this purpose, the positive-legal (de lege lata) organization of the institute is briefl y presented at fi rst, followed by the need to modernize the institute and the de lege ferenda proposals. The paper also refers to the historical development of the institute in Croatian law and to some selected comparative legal solutions