Article 21Collection of School Lunch Fees, etc. at the Request of Eligible Recipients
第二十一条（受給資格者の申出による学校給食費等の徴収等）
If an eligible recipient, before receiving payment of child allowance, requests, as provided by Cabinet Office Order, that all or part of the amount of that child allowance be applied to payment of those of the school lunch fee prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (2) of the School Lunch Program Act (Act No. 160 of 1954) (referred to as the "school lunch fee" in the following paragraph) and other expenses necessary in connection with school education specified by Cabinet Office Order, or of the expenses collected pursuant to Article 56, paragraph (2) of the Child Welfare Act (limited to those pertaining to Article 51, item (iv) or (v) of that Act) and other expenses specified by Cabinet Office Order as being similar thereto, that are to be paid to the municipality in respect of a child concerning the eligible recipient, the mayor of the municipality may, as provided by Cabinet Office Order, collect the expenses pertaining to the request when paying child allowance to the eligible recipient.
市町村長は、受給資格者が、児童手当の支払を受ける前に、内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該児童手当の額の全部又は一部を、学校給食法（昭和二十九年法律第百六十号）第十一条第二項に規定する学校給食費（次項において「学校給食費」という。）その他の学校教育に伴つて必要な内閣府令で定める費用又は児童福祉法第五十六条第二項の規定により徴収する費用（同法第五十一条第四号又は第五号に係るものに限る。）その他これに類するものとして内閣府令で定める費用のうち当該受給資格者に係る児童に関し当該市町村に支払うべきものの支払に充てる旨を申し出た場合には、内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該受給資格者に児童手当の支払をする際に当該申出に係る費用を徴収することができる。
If an eligible recipient, before receiving payment of child allowance, requests, as provided by Cabinet Office Order, that all or part of the amount of that child allowance be applied to payment of those of the school lunch fee, the expenses provided for in each item of Article 56, paragraph (6) or each item of paragraph (7) of the Child Welfare Act, and other expenses specified by Cabinet Office Order as being similar thereto, that are to be paid in respect of a child concerning the eligible recipient, the mayor of the municipality may, as provided by Cabinet Office Order, pay the portion of the amount of that child allowance pertaining to the request to the person holding the claim for those expenses.
If payment has been made under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, payment of the child allowance (limited to the portion pertaining to the request under that paragraph) is deemed to have been made to the eligible recipient.
Collection of School Lunch Fees, etc. at the Request of Eligible Recipients
If an eligible recipient, before receiving payment of child allowance, requests, as provided by Cabinet Office Order, that all or part of the amount of that child allowance be applied to payment of…
市町村長は、受給資格者が、児童手当の支払を受ける前に、内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該児童手当の額の全部又は一部を、学校給食費、児童福祉法第五十六条第六項各号又は第七項各号に定める費用その他これらに類するものとして内閣府令で定める費用のうち当該受給資格者に係る児童に関し支払うべきものの支払に充てる旨を申し出た場合に…
Open this provisionchildmachine translation
「児童」
A person up to the first 31 March on or after the day they turn 18 who has an address (住所) in Japan, or who has none in Japan for study abroad or another reason set by Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令).
Defined inArticle 3, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
eligible recipientmachine translation
「受給資格者」
A general eligible recipient (一般受給資格者) or facility eligible recipient (施設等受給資格者) who has been certified under Article 7 and is paid child allowance (児童手当) — by the mayor of the municipality (市町村長), or, for a public employee of a class Article 17 names who receives it as a parent or other general recipient, by the authority Article 17 puts in the mayor's place (usually their employer).
Short name set inArticle 8, paragraph (1)
school lunch feemachine translation
「学校給食費」
The cost of school lunches, as defined in Article 11(2) of the School Lunch Program Act, other than the facilities, equipment and running costs set by Cabinet Order (政令) that the school's founder (設置者) bears; the guardians (保護者) of the pupils who receive the lunches pay it.
Short name set inArticle 21, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 21, paragraph (2)