Article 84-4Execution of Affairs by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in an Emergency

①Affairs that are under the authority of a prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 54-2, paragraphs (5) and (6) and Article 55, paragraph (2)) are to be performed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a prefectural governor in a case where the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that there is an urgent necessity to protect the interests of public assistance recipients. In this case, the provisions of this Act concerning a prefectural governor (limited to those pertaining to those affairs) apply to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as provisions concerning the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a prefectural governor performs those affairs, they are to do so in close mutual cooperation.