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VOIVODSHIP ADMINISTRATIVE COURT – the judicial body in the system of administrative courts in Poland, the administrative court of first instance, the body of external control of the public administration. It recognizes all judicial-administrative matters, except for matters for which the jurisdiction of the → Supreme Administrative Court (SAC, Polish: NSA) is reserved. The ruling issued by the vac is subject to an appeal in the form of a cassation appeal to the SAC. Administrative courts of first instance were introduced into the Polish judicial system from 1st January 2004 under the reform aimed at the establishment of two-instance judicial-administrative proceedings (→ administrative courts). The vac is formed for one or more voivodships. This is the competence of the President of the Republic of Poland, who, at the request of the President of the SAC, by way of ordinance, creates and abolishes the vac and establishes their seat and area of jurisdiction. As of November 2017, there are 16 vacs operating mostly in the capitals of the voivodships, except in the cases of: vac in Gliwice for the Silesian voivodship, for the Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship – vac in Bydgoszcz, for the Lubuskie voivodship – vac in Gorzów Wielkopolski. During the transition period (1.01.2004 – 1.07.2005), there were 14 vacs, because for the Małopolskie and Świętokrzyskie voivodships the vac was established in Cracow, and for the of Lubuskie and Wielkopolskie voivodships the vac was in Poznań. The composition of vac includes the president of the court, the vice-president or vice-presidents of the court, the judges and the court assessors. The bodies are: the president of the vac, the general assembly of the judges of the vac and the board of vac. The president and the vice-president of the vac are appointed by the president of the SAC from among the judges of vac or the SAC, after having consulted the general assembly of that court [ A. Mirska ].

Literature: Polskie sądownictwo administracyjne – zarys systemu [Polish administrative judiciary – an outline of the system], red. Z. Kmieciak, Warszawa 2017.