During the consideration of the draft law No. 4256 it was noted that it aims at improving the procedure of amending the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences, which will enable exceptionally the Committee on Legislative Support of Law Enforcement to lead in the preparation and adaptation of draft laws having relation to amending the said legislative act.
The draft law proposes to supplement Article 2 "Legislation of Ukraine on Administrative Offences” of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences (hereinafter the Code) with Section 4, reading that "amendments to the Code can be made exceptionally by the laws on amendments to the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences."
This will enable exceptionally the Committee on Legislative Support of Law Enforcement to lead in the preparation and adaptation of draft laws having relation to amending the said legislative act.
The Committee members noted that this legislative initiative is due to the fact that according to Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine dated April 12, 2014 No. 22-VIII "On the list, the composition and competences of the Committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the eighth convocation," legislation on administrative offenses belongs to the competence of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Legislative Support of Law Enforcement.
During the discussion, it was emphasized that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has repeatedly received for the consideration draft laws containing, along with making amendments to the Code, provisions on amending other laws or codes, therefore any other Committee instead of the Committee on Legislative Support of Law Enforcement may be appointed to lead in their preparation and adaptation.
This fact in its turn leads to the situation when amendments being made to the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses are not always well-grounded, useful and necessary. As amendments of such level are different from amendments proposed to other legislative acts, and not always the author of the legislative initiative takes into account that the administrative penalty is a measure of liability and is applied in order to raise responsibility of the person who has committed an administrative offense, in the spirit of abidance by the laws of Ukraine, respect for the rules of co-existence, and prevention of new offences commitment by both the offender and other persons.