Article 15. Succession in Respect of Legal Acts adopted by Ministries, State Committees and Departments

In case of reorganization of ministries, state committees and agencies empowered to adopt appropriate normative legal acts, to the successor within the limits of its powers, along with the right to adopt normative legal acts, shall also transfer powers to amend, supplement, suspend and terminate previously adopted normative legal acts, with the exception of the cases provided for in part two of this article.

In the event of the abolition of a ministry, state committee or department or its reorganization, in which the successor shall not be endowed with the right to adopt the relevant normative legal acts, the powers to amend, supplement, suspend and terminate the previously adopted normative legal acts shall be transferred to a higher or other authorized body.

In the event of renaming a ministry, state committee or department, normative legal acts containing its former name shall be subject to change or addition in terms of renaming. Until such changes or additions made, the effect of normative legal acts containing the previous name shall apply to the renamed ministry, state committee or department in full.

A change in the status of a ministry, state committee or department shall not entail the termination of the previously adopted normative legal acts.