The article focuses on the issues pertaining to legislative regulation of the general administrative procedure in Ukraine. Its relevance is associated with the next stage of the elaboration of a respective draft law and stems from a high probability that it will be passed in the medium term. The purpose of the article is to bring into view the very purpose of the law on the general administrative procedure, its place among other legislative acts, and the main novels of the draft law which appeared during the last year. Thus, the article explains that the law on the administrative procedure is intended to regulate the general administrative procedure proper. In other words, this is not a code that should codify or otherwise systematize the whole variety of the procedures used for consideration and resolution of various categories of administrative cases. Its main purpose is to determine the general principles and standards according to which public administration should communicate with individuals. It should enshrine the basic rights of an individual, obligations of an administrative body, and the mechanisms of their implementation/exercise. The article also accentuates the functional understanding of the category “administrative body” and the practical importance of using the mechanism of nullity of administrative acts. Special attention is paid to such an issue as the subject of complaints’ consideration in the administrative procedure. In particular, the author notes that there is a wide diversity of such subjects: the “classic” supreme administrative body, the executive body exercising the qualified administrative control over the legality of operation of local self-government bodies in a relevant area of delegated authority. In each of these cases, the author emphasizes that it is advisable to establish auxiliary collegial bodies – committees for consideration of complaints under the administrative procedure, with the possibility that representatives of the public may be members of such committees. The main conclusions regarding the issue of the general administrative procedure in Ukraine are: the need to intensify the efforts of scientists, teachers and other competent persons with the aim of preparing educational and training programs, and further training of all public servants. There is also the need for scientific support of practitioners for the sake of timely revision of the entire array of legislation and harmonization of special (thematic) laws with the law on the administrative procedure.