Article 30Hearing the Opinions of Persons Linked to the Cause or Source of an Actual or Potential Accident
第三十条（原因関係者の意見の聴取）
The Investigation Commission must give Persons Linked to the Cause or Source of an actual or potential accident the opportunity to express their opinions before completing the Investigation into the Cause or Source thereof.
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Investigation Commission
「調査委員会」
The Consumer Safety Investigation Commission (消費者安全調査委員会), set up within the Consumer Affairs Agency (消費者庁).
Short name set inArticle 15, paragraph (1)
Investigation into the Cause or Source
「事故等原因調査」
An investigation by the Consumer Safety Investigation Commission to find the cause of an actual or potential accident involving bodily harm (生命身体事故等) and of the harm it does, other than aircraft, railway and marine accidents as defined in the Act for Establishment of the Japan Transport Safety Board.
Short name set inArticle 16, paragraph (1), item (i)
Person Linked to the Cause or Sourcemachine translation
「原因関係者」
In Article 23, paragraph (2), items (i) and (ii) and Article 30, any person found to be connected with the cause of an actual or potential accident involving bodily harm or of the harm it did.
Short name set inArticle 23, paragraph (2), item (i)· applies only in this provision and in Article 23, paragraph (2), item (ii); and Article 30