An action for the revocation of an original administrative disposition and an action for the revocation of an administrative determination (hereinafter referred to as "actions for the revocation of administrative dispositions") may be filed only by a person who has legal interest to seek the revocation of the original administrative disposition or of the administrative determination (including a person who has legal interest to be recovered by revoking the original administrative disposition or administrative determination even after it has lost its effect due to the expiration of a certain period or for other reasons).
When judging whether or not any person, other than the person to whom an original administrative disposition or administrative determination is addressed, has the legal interest prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the court is not to rely only on the language of the provisions of the laws and regulations which give a basis for the original administrative disposition or administrative determination, but is to consider the purport and objectives of the laws and regulations as well as the content and nature of the interest that should be taken into consideration in making the original administrative disposition. In this case, when considering the purport and objectives of those laws and regulations, the court is take into consideration the purport and objectives of any related laws and regulations which share the objective in common with those laws and regulations, and when considering the content and nature of that interest, the court is to take into consideration the content and nature of the interest that would be harmed if the original administrative disposition or administrative determination were made in violation of the laws and regulations which give a basis therefor, as well as in what manner and to what extent that interest would be harmed.
裁判所は、処分又は裁決の相手方以外の者について前項に規定する法律上の利益の有無を判断するに当たつては、当該処分又は裁決の根拠となる法令の規定の文言のみによることなく、当該法令の趣旨及び目的並びに当該処分において考慮されるべき利益の内容及び性質を考慮するものとする。この場合において、当該法令の趣旨及び目的を考慮するに当たつては、当該法令と目的を共通にする関係法令があるときはその趣旨及び目的をも参酌するものとし、当該利益の内容及び性質を考慮するに当たつては、当該処分又は裁決がその根拠となる法令に違反してされた場合に害されることとなる利益の内容及び性質並びにこれが害される態様及び程度をも勘案するものとする。