The Prime Minister delegates the authority under Article 45, paragraph (1) and other authority under this Act (except for what is provided by Cabinet Order) to the Secretary-General of the Consumer Affairs Agency.
内閣総理大臣は、第四十五条第一項の規定による権限その他この法律の規定による権限（政令で定めるものを除く。）を消費者庁長官に委任する。
It is permissible to decide, under Cabinet Order, that either the prefectural governor or the mayor of the municipality in which a Consumer Affairs Center has been established is to carry out a portion of the administrative processes that are part of the authority under Article 45, paragraph (1) which is delegated to the Secretary-General of the Consumer Affairs Agency pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
Consumer Affairs Centers
「消費生活センター」
In Article 10-2 and Article 47, paragraph (2), the facility or body that a prefecture must, and a municipality should try to, set up under Article 10 to handle consumers' complaints against businesses and the other consumer-safety work of Article 8, staffed with consumer affairs consultants (消費生活相談員).
Defined inArticle 10-2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this provision and in Article 10-2, paragraph (2); and Article 47, paragraph (2)
Prime Minister
内閣総理大臣
The head of the Cabinet. Designated by the Diet from among its own members, and appointed by the Emperor on that designation (Articles 67 and 6). The Prime Minister appoints and may dismiss the other Ministers of State at will, and a majority of them must be members of the Diet (Article 68). No Minister of State can be subjected to legal action while in office without the Prime Minister's consent (Article 75).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 6, 67, 68, 75 and Wikipedia: Prime Minister of Japan as a reference.