Article 4-4-2Delegation of Authority to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare, etc.
第四条の四の二（地方厚生局長等への権限の委任）
The authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in Article 28-4 of the Act is delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare having jurisdiction over the location of the office of JPS (including pension offices (meaning the pension offices prescribed in Article 29 of the Japan Pension Organization Act (Act No. 109 of 2007); the same applies hereinafter); the same applies in the following paragraph) that received the request under the provisions of Article 28-2, paragraph (1) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis in paragraphs (2) and (3) of that Article; the same applies in the following paragraph); provided, however, that this does not preclude the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from exercising the authority personally.
The authority delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Branch Bureau of Health and Welfare having jurisdiction over the location of the office of JPS that received the request under the provisions of Article 28-2, paragraph (1) of the Act; provided, however, that this does not preclude the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare from exercising the authority personally.
前項の規定により地方厚生局長に委任された権限は、法第二十八条の二第一項の規定による請求を受理した日本年金機構の事務所の所在地を管轄する地方厚生支局長に委任する。ただし、地方厚生局長が自らその権限を行うことを妨げない。
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pension officemachine translation
「年金事務所」
A pension office (年金事務所) as provided in Article 29 of the Japan Pension Organization Act: an office the Japan Pension Service (日本年金機構) sets up where needed to handle part of the work of its branch offices, with an eye to the convenience of insured persons, employers and beneficiaries.
Defined inArticle 4-4-2, paragraph (1)