Article 64-7Delegation of Registration Work

①The Prime Minister may have an association (meaning an authorized financial instruments firms association or certified financial instruments business association prescribed in Article 78, paragraph (2); hereinafter the same applies in this Section) conduct the work involved in the registration prescribed in Article 64, Article 64-2, and the preceding three Articles (hereinafter referred to as "registration work" in this Article (excluding the items of paragraph (6)) and Article 64-9) in connection with the sales representative of a financial instruments business operator, etc. belonging to that association, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

②The Prime Minister may designate one association and have it do the registration work (excluding the work to which Article 64-5 pertains) in connection with the sales representative of a financial instruments business operator, etc. that does not belong to an association, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

③If the Prime Minister decides to have an association conduct registration work pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the Prime Minister is not to conduct that registration work.

④If an association decides to conduct registration work pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2), it must specify the particulars of its registration of sales representatives in its articles of incorporation and obtain the authorization of the Prime Minister.

⑤If an association that does registration work pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) makes a registration under Article 64, paragraph (5), makes a change to a registration in connection with a notification under Article 64-4, reaches a disposition under Article 64-5, paragraph (1) (excluding the deletion of a registration), or deletes a registration as under the preceding Article, it must notify the Prime Minister of this without delay, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

⑥If there are two or more associations (including those set forth in the following items; the same applies in this paragraph) that conducts registration work under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) (excluding the cases in which the associations are only those set forth in the following items), each association is to promote information exchange between the associations and endeavor to provide necessary cooperation and information to other associations in order to ensure the appropriate implementation of the registration work:

⑦If the sales representative of a financial instruments business operator, etc. which belongs to an association that does registration work pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) falls under any of the categories in Article 64-5, paragraph (1), items (i) through (iii) but the association does not take a measure prescribed in that paragraph, and the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors, the Prime Minister may order the association to take a measure prescribed in that paragraph.

⑧Irrespective of the category of procedures for hearing statements of opinion under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act, before seeking to issue a disposition based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must conduct a hearing.

⑨If the Prime Minister decides to have an association conduct the registration work pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) or decides to no longer have an association conduct the registration work that it has been conducting pursuant to those provisions, the Prime Minister must issue public notice of this.