Chapter VIII Miscellaneous Provisions (Article 109-10)
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Article 109-10第百九条の十
Entrustment of Affairs to the Japan Pension Service(機構への事務の委託)
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to have the Japan Pension Service perform the following affairs (excluding the affairs that mutual aid associations, etc. are to perform under Article 3, paragraph (2), and the affairs that the mayor of the municipality is to perform under paragraph (3) of that Article):
The affairs concerning the adjudication under Article 16 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9-3-2, paragraph (7) of the Supplementary Provisions) (excluding the acceptance of claims listed in item (v) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), and that adjudication)
The affairs concerning the confirmation of the content of claims under Article 19, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9-3-2, paragraph (7) of the Supplementary Provisions) and paragraph (3)
The affairs concerning the suspension of payment of a pension benefit under Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2) (excluding the acceptance of applications listed in item (vi) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), and the decision concerning that suspension of payment)
The affairs concerning the suspension of payment of a pension benefit under Article 20-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) (excluding the acceptance of requests listed in item (vii) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), and the decision concerning that suspension of payment)
The affairs concerning the collection of wrongful gains under Article 23 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9-3-2, paragraph (7) of the Supplementary Provisions) (excluding the affairs of exercising the authority listed in items (xxiii) through (xxv) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), the affairs of exercising the collection performed by the Japan Pension Service under paragraph (1) of the following Article, the demand under Article 96, paragraph (1), and other authority specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and the affairs listed in item (xxxi) and item (xxxviii))
The affairs concerning the payment of an old-age basic pension or an old-age pension under Article 26, Article 9-2, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9-3, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions), Article 9-2-2, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, and Article 9-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the acceptance of requests and the acceptance of claims listed in item (viii) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), and the adjudication of that old-age basic pension or old-age pension)
Article 109-10, paragraph (1), item (viii-2)(機構への事務の委託)Entrustment of Affairs to the Japan Pension ServiceAdded
Affairs pertaining to the suspension of payment of the part corresponding to the amount added for a child under the proviso to Article 27-6, paragraph (1) and Article 29-2, paragraph (1) (excluding a decision pertaining to that suspension of payment);
Article 109-10, paragraph (1), item (viii-3)(機構への事務の委託)Entrustment of Affairs to the Japan Pension ServiceAdded
Affairs pertaining to the revision of the amount of an old-age basic pension under Article 27-6, paragraphs (3) and (4) (excluding certification under paragraph (5) of that Article and a decision pertaining to that revision);
The affairs concerning the payment of a disability basic pension under Article 30, paragraph (1), Article 30-2, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30-4, paragraph (3)), Article 30-3, paragraph (1), Article 30-4, paragraph (1), Article 31, paragraph (1), and Article 32 (excluding the acceptance of claims listed in item (ix) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), and the adjudication of that disability basic pension)
Article 109-10, paragraph (1), item (x)(機構への事務の委託)Entrustment of Affairs to the Japan Pension ServiceChanged
The affairs concerning the suspension of payment of a disability basic pension under Article 32, paragraph (1), Article 36, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 36-2, paragraphs (1) and (4), Article 36-3, paragraph (1), and Article 36-4, paragraphs (1) and (2) (excluding the decision concerning that suspension of payment), and the affairs concerning the suspension of payment of the part corresponding to the amount added for a child under the proviso to Article 33-2, paragraph (1), and Article 29-2, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 36-5 (excluding the decision concerning that suspension of payment)
Article 109-10, paragraph (1), item (xi)(機構への事務の委託)Entrustment of Affairs to the Japan Pension ServiceChanged
The affairs concerning the revision of the amount of a disability basic pension under Article 33-2, paragraphsparagraph (2), and (3)Article 27-6, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis under paragraph (3) of that Article, and Article 34, paragraph (1) (excluding the certification listed in item (x) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), the acceptance of claims listed in item (xi) of that paragraph, and the decision concerning that revision)
The affairs concerning the revision of the amount of a survivors' basic pension under Article 39, paragraphs (2) and (3), and Article 39-2, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 42, paragraph (3)) (excluding the decision concerning that revision)
Article 109-10, paragraph (1), item (xiv)(機構への事務の委託)Entrustment of Affairs to the Japan Pension ServiceChanged
The affairs concerning the suspension of payment of a survivors' basic pension under Article 41, Article 41-2, and Article 42, paragraphs (1) and (2) (excluding the acceptance of applications listed in item (xiii) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), and the decision concerning that suspension of payment), and the affairs concerning the suspension of payment of the part corresponding to the amount added for a child under the proviso to Article 39, paragraph (1) and the proviso to Article 39-2, paragraph (1) (excluding the decision concerning that suspension of payment)
The affairs concerning the payment of an additional pension under Article 43 (excluding the acceptance of requests listed in item (xiv) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), and the adjudication of that additional pension)
The affairs concerning the revision of the amount of an additional pension under Article 45, paragraph (2) (excluding the decision concerning that revision)
The affairs concerning the suspension of payment of an additional pension under Article 47 (excluding the decision concerning that suspension of payment)
The affairs concerning the payment of a widow's pension under Article 49, paragraph (1), and Article 52-6 (excluding the adjudication of that widow's pension)
The affairs concerning the payment of a death lump-sum payment under Article 52-2, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 52-6 (excluding the adjudication of that death lump-sum payment)
The affairs concerning the payment of a survivors' basic pension, a widow's pension, or a death lump-sum payment under Article 71, paragraph (1) (excluding the adjudication of that survivors' basic pension, widow's pension, or death lump-sum payment)
The affairs concerning the temporary suspension of the payment of a pension benefit under Article 73 (excluding the decision concerning that temporary suspension of payment)
The affairs concerning the collection of premiums under Article 87, paragraph (1), and Article 92-4, paragraph (6) (excluding the affairs of exercising the authority listed in items (xvii) through (xx) and items (xxiii) through (xxv) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), the affairs of exercising the collection performed by the Japan Pension Service under paragraph (1) of the following Article, the demand under Article 96, paragraph (1), and other authority specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and the affairs listed in item (xxxi) and item (xxxviii))
The affairs concerning the designation under Article 92-2-2, paragraph (1) (excluding the acceptance of requests listed in item (xviii) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), and that designation)
The affairs concerning the demand under Article 96, paragraphs (1) and (2) (excluding that demand and the issuance of a demand letter (excluding the affairs concerning the dispatch of a demand letter))
The affairs concerning the collection of delinquency charges under Article 97, paragraphs (1) and (4) (excluding the affairs of exercising the authority listed in items (xxiii) through (xxv) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), the affairs of exercising the collection performed by the Japan Pension Service under paragraph (1) of the following Article, the demand under Article 96, paragraph (1), and other authority specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and the affairs listed in the preceding item and item (xxxviii))
The affairs concerning statistical surveys under Article 108-3, paragraph (1) (excluding requests for the provision of information listed in item (xxxi) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), and the planning and drafting, overall coordination, and provision of results concerning that statistical survey)
The affairs concerning the recommendation under Article 30-38, paragraph (4) of the Residential Basic Book Act, as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the relevant terms pursuant to Article 108-4, and the order under paragraph (5) of that Article (excluding that recommendation and order)
The affairs concerning the approval under Article 109, paragraph (2), and the rescission of an approval under paragraph (3) of that Article (excluding that approval and rescission of approval)
The affairs concerning the designation under Article 109-2, paragraph (1) (excluding the acceptance of applications listed in item (xxxiii) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), and that designation), the affairs concerning the provision of information under Article 109-2, paragraph (4) (excluding that provision of information), the affairs concerning the order under paragraph (5) of that Article (excluding that order), and the affairs concerning the rescission of a designation under paragraph (6) of that Article (excluding that rescission of designation)
The affairs concerning the designation under Article 109-2-2, paragraph (1) (excluding the acceptance of applications listed in item (xxxiii)-2 of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), and that designation), the affairs concerning the order under Article 109-2-2, paragraph (4) (excluding that order), and the affairs concerning the rescission of a designation under paragraph (5) of that Article (excluding that rescission of designation)
The affairs concerning the designation under Article 109-3, paragraph (1) (excluding the acceptance of applications listed in item (xxxiv) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), and that designation), the affairs concerning the provision of information under Article 109-3, paragraph (3) (excluding that provision of information), the affairs concerning the order under paragraph (4) of that Article (excluding that order), and the affairs concerning the rescission of a designation under paragraph (5) of that Article (excluding that rescission of designation)
The affairs concerning the authority specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in item (xxiii) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1) (excluding the affairs of exercising that authority)
The affairs concerning the revision of the amount of an old-age basic pension under Article 7-3, paragraph (4), and Article 9-2-2, paragraph (5), of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the acceptance of notifications listed in item (xxxvi) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), and the decision concerning that revision)
The affairs concerning the payment of a lump-sum withdrawal payment under Article 9-3-2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the acceptance of claims listed in item (xxxvii) of Article 109-4, paragraph (1), and the adjudication of that lump-sum withdrawal payment)
The affairs concerning the provision, in response to a request under Article 203 of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act or another Act specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, of information held by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in connection with the implementation of this Act (excluding that provision of information and the affairs specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Affairs specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, in addition to those listed in the preceding items
前各号に掲げるもののほか、厚生労働省令で定める事務
Article 109-10, paragraph (2)(機構への事務の委託)
If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that it has become difficult or inappropriate for the Japan Pension Service to perform all or part of the affairs listed in the items of the preceding paragraph due to a natural disaster or other cause, the Minister is to personally perform all or part of the affairs listed in the items of that paragraph.
Beyond what is provided in the preceding two paragraphs, matters necessary in connection with the performance by the Japan Pension Service or the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of the affairs listed in the items of paragraph (1) are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.