Temporal issues of suspension of normative legal acts

The article is devoted to the temporal features of suspended normative legal acts. The subjects of the right to suspend normative legal acts are described. The right of the President of the Russian Federation to suspend the acts of the executive authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation is characterized. The absence in the Federal Constitutional Law “On the Government of the Russian Federation” of a direct power of the Government of the Russian Federation to suspend normative legal acts of lower federal executive bodies is criticized. The grounds and procedure for formalization of the suspension of normative legal acts have been established. It is concluded that a suspended normative legal act may be declared invalid by the court, if by the time of application to the court, the act was applied or there is a possibility of its application to the administrative plaintiff.