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label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Administration of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Transaction of Public Business</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="40">Administrative Process Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> This chapter may be cited as the &#x201C;Administrative Process Act.&#x201D; <a id="paragraph-311148" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-4000/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The purpose of this chapter is to supplement present and future <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">basic laws</span></span> conferring authority on agencies either to make <span class="dictionary">regulations</span> or decide <span class="dictionary">cases</span> as well as to standardize <span class="dictionary">court</span> review thereof save as laws hereafter enacted may otherwise expressly provide. This chapter shall not supersede or repeal additional procedural requirements in such <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">basic laws</span></span>. <a id="paragraph-311149" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-4000/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1975, c. 503, &#xA7;&#xA7; 9-6.14:1. 9-6.14:3; 1977, c. 647; 1984, c. 5; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
