The Law on Public Control No. 212- regulates the activities of various entities that conduct public audits, evaluate the implementation of laws and acts issued by state bodies and municipal organizations with public powers. It is possible to find out the correctness of doing business by comparing the real state of affairs with the norms and standards. It is impossible to verify the item if there are no instructions, rules, samples. With the help of answers to asked questions, documents or testimonies, examiners achieve the truth. So that the controllers do not go beyond their authority, a law on public control has been developed and approved.
Why are checks carried out?
Any control provides for the elimination of non-compliance with standards, violations. Inspectors conduct an examination so that measures are taken. When carrying out actions in this direction, the main task for such a group of people is not to detect shortcomings, but to eliminate them or not to allow them in time. Two control mechanisms should also be distinguished. The authority is given to one by a state body, the other comes from private individuals, it is endowed with independence.
They did not immediately come to the law on public control.
Who became the founder of the legal act?
The bill was introduced by the head of state in 2014. In July, it was approved by the Federation Council, then the act was signed by the president and became operational.
The authorities vested with power can exercise control of varying degrees:
- prosecutor's office;
- Accounts Chamber.
In the constitution, control power is not allocated as a separate power branch, but no one doubts its existence. When the law on public control was approved, it became a tool in a completely different direction. Societies, the activities of which are regulated by the act, are created at the initiative of the citizens themselves, these are organizations with different statuses:
Such companies are separate and work on special principles.
Audit goals and objectives
The federal law on public control was created to ensure:
- realization and protection of civil rights and freedoms;
- the legitimate interests of non-governmental non-profit organizations;
- taking into account proposals coming from citizens when decisions of authorities of different status are taken in the exercise of certain public powers;
- assessment of government agencies.
The public control group performs the following tasks:
- the formation and development of civil justice;
- raising the level of civic trust in government officials in order to create a close relationship between legal institutions and society;
- prevention and resolution of social conflicts;
- implementation of civic initiatives;
- ensuring transparency and openness of the work of authorities;
- formation of intolerance to corruption;
- increasing the effective activity of state structures.
Characteristic properties
The Law on the Principles of Public Control convincingly recommends groups to act on the principles of:
- Legal priorities based on the legitimate interests of the country's population.
- Voluntary will of citizens to become participants in inspections.
- Subjective autonomy and independence from government agencies.
- Publicity and openness when conducting control.
- The legality of the activities carried out.
- Varieties of forms.
- Objectivity, impartiality, integrity.
- Obligations in relation to the transfer to the authorities of documented results of the monitoring, so that they take into account conclusions, proposals and recommendations.
- Inadmissibility of unlawful interference.
- Neutrality.
Controllers may be citizens or organizations, provided that they are authorized to carry out such actions in the forms provided for by law 212 on public control.
Characters
The verification is carried out by different status of the company:
- federal chambers;
- municipal organizations;
- groups created under various power structures;
- observers
- inspections.
All entities are publicly available. There are various public groups created from the population in the form of associations, unions, which include public inspectors and experts. They serve for the interaction of residents with government bodies, the power structure. Such organizations operate independently, they should not depend on those companies that control.
What rights are granted to subjects?
The Law on Public Control in the Russian Federation granted inspectors the right:
- carry out actions under the law in the prescribed forms;
- initiate verification activities;
- conduct inquiries on documents, data;
- visit organizations;
- draw up the final result;
- send materials with violations to the courts.
Members of groups formed to conduct public monitoring activities are required to comply with:
- laws during controlled activities;
- the procedure limited by the framework of interaction with the authorities, which are established by federal legislation;
- secrecy in relation to information obtained during inspections.
Supervisors can perform work in public forms:
- monitoring;
- inspections;
- examinations;
- discussions;
- public lectures.
Employees of public organizations that control enterprises of a certain status should not create obstacles to the continuation of their activities. Residents will receive all information about the results of inspections in the order that the legal act allows.