When the review agency has received a review officer's written opinion, the reviewing agency that falls under the competent minister, the Grand Steward, or the head of any of the agencies prescribed in Article 49, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office or Article 3, paragraph (2) of the National Government Organization Act must consult with an Administrative Complaint Review Board, and the reviewing agency that falls under the head of a local government (for an association of a local government, the head, manager, or council) must consult with the organs referred to in Article 81, paragraph (1) or (2), in the cases other than those that fall under any of the following case:
when rendering a disposition of a request for review, other laws or Cabinet Order (for a disposition based on Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance, the Ordinance) provides that the disposition should be rendered by going through deliberations or that it may be rendered by going through deliberations at an organ stated in the items of Article 9, paragraph (1) or the assemblies of local governments, or entities specified by Cabinet Order as being similar to those organs (referred to as "Council, etc." below), and, the disposition has been rendered following the deliberations;
when making a decision, other laws or Cabinet Order (for a disposition based on Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance, the Ordinance) provides that an administrative determination should be made by going through deliberations or may be made by going through deliberations at an organ stated in the items of Article 9, paragraph (1) or the assemblies of local governments, or entities specified by Cabinet Order as being similar to those organs, and, the reviewing agency intends to make an administrative determination by going through the deliberations;
when the reviewing agency intends to make an administrative determination by going through deliberations at the Council, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 46, paragraph (3) or Article 49, paragraph (4);
when the requestor for review has made a request that they do not wish to consult an Administrative Complaint Review Board or an organ referred to in Article 81, paragraph (1) or (2) (referred to as "Administrative Complaint Review Board, etc." below) (excluding the cases in which an intervenor has raised an objection on not consulting the Administrative Complaint Review Board, etc.);
when the Administrative Complaint Review Board, etc. finds that a consultation is not necessary taking into account of the extent of influence on the rights and interests of the people and the conduct of administrative affairs, and the nature of the case;
審査請求が、行政不服審査会等によって、国民の権利利益及び行政の運営に対する影響の程度その他当該事件の性質を勘案して、諮問を要しないものと認められたものである場合
when the request for review is unlawful and the reviewing agency intends to dismiss the request;
審査請求が不適法であり、却下する場合
when the reviewing agency intends to revoke the dispositions related to the request for review in full (excluding a disposition to dismiss or reject an application based on laws and regulations, and de facto acts) pursuant to the provisions of Article 46, paragraph (1), or order that the de fact acts related to the request for review should be eliminated in full or decide to eliminate the de facto acts in full pursuant to the provisions of Article 47, item (i) or (ii) (excluding the cases in which a written opinion to oppose the revocation of the disposition in full or the order or decision to eliminate the de facto acts in full has been submitted, and the case in which an opinion to that effect has been stated in the oral opinion statement); or
when the reviewing agency decides to take the measures specified in the items of Article 46, paragraph (2) or the items of Article 49, paragraph (3) (limited to measures ordering that the application based on laws and regulations should be approved in full, or measures that approves the application in full) (excluding the cases in which a written opinion opposing the approval of the application in full has been submitted and cases in which an opinion to that effect has been stated in the oral opinion statement).
The consultation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be made by attaching copies of the review officer's written opinion and the case record.
The reviewing agency that has consulted with the Administrative Complaint Review Board, etc. pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) must notify the persons concerned with proceedings (when the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition is the reviewing agency, the requestor for review and the intervenor) the fact that it has consulted the Administrative Complaint Review Board, etc. and send those persons a copy of the review officer's written opinion.
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