Article 20Procedures When Dismissing Requests for Review from Third Parties
第二十条（第三者からの審査請求を棄却する場合等における手続等）
The provisions of Article 13, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the cases in which the administrative determination falls under any of the following items:
第十三条第三項の規定は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する裁決をする場合について準用する。
an administrative determination to dismiss or reject the request for review from a third party against a disclosure decision;
an administrative determination to change the disclosure or non-disclosure decision related to a request for review (excluding a decision to disclose all of the administrative documents related to a request for disclosure), and to disclose the administrative documents related to that request for review (limited to the case in which an intervenor who is a third party has manifested the intention to oppose the disclosure of the administrative documents).
Concerning a request for review of a disclosure decision, etc. or of any inaction related to a disclosure request, special provisions for the provisions of Article 4 of the Administrative Complaint Review Act may be established pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order