①The term "manufacturing consignment" as used in this Act means the consignment to another business operator of the manufacture of goods, their semi-finished products, parts, accessories or raw materials, which are the subject matter of sales conducted on a regular basis or manufacturing contracted on a regular basis (including processing; the same applies below) by a business operator, or metal dies, wooden models or other molds for molding goods, workpiece holders or other special tools to be exclusively used for the manufacture of the goods, their semi-finished products, parts, accessories or raw materials referred to above , or the manufacture of parts or raw materials necessary for the repair of goods conducted on a regular basis, and the consignment to another business operator of the manufacture of goods, their semi-finished products, parts, accessories or raw materials, or the relevant molds or tools to be exclusively used for the manufacture of the goods when a business operator engages in the manufacture of goods to be used or consumed by itself on a regular basis.

③The term "information-based product creation consignment" as used in this Act means the consignment to another business operator of all or part of the creation of an information-based product which is the object of provision conducted on a regular basis or creation on a regular basis, and the consignment to another business operator of all or part of the creation of an information-based product which is used by the business operator in the case where the business operator produces that information-based product in the course of trade.

④The term "service contract" as used in this Act means the consignment to another business operator of all or part of the provision of a service which is the object of provision conducted on a regular basis (excluding any contract by a person conducting a construction business (meaning a construction business as prescribed by Article 2 paragraph 2 of the Construction Business Act (Act No. 100 of 1949); the same applies below in this paragraph) of all or part of the construction work it contracts as a regular business (meaning construction work prescribed in paragraph 1 of that Article) to other parties conducting a construction business of all or part of the construction work it contracts on a regular basis).

⑤The term "specific transportation consignment" as used in this Act means the consignment to another business operator of all or part of the transportation for the counterparty (including a person designated by the counterparty) in the sale, manufacture, repair, or creation of goods that are the subject matter of sales conducted by the business operator on a regular basis, manufacturing contracted on a regular basis, or repairs contracted on a regular basis, or goods on which information products that are the subject matter of creation contracted on a regular basis are stated, recorded, or embodied.

⑥The term "manufacturing consignment, etc." as used in this Act means manufacturing consignment, repair consignment, information-based product creation consignment, service contract and specific transportation consignment.

⑦The term "information-based product" as used in this Act means any of the articles described in the following items.

⑧The term "entrusting business operator" as used in this Act means a person who falls under any of the following items:

⑨The term "small and medium-sized entrusted business operator" as used in this Act means a person who falls under any of the following items:

⑩If a business operator that is a corporation whose appointment and dismissal of officers, or execution or existence of business, is controlled by a business operator that is a corporation with the amount of stated capital or the total amount of contributions exceeding 10 million yen or a business operator that is a corporation with the number of regular employees exceeding 100, and that receives a manufacturing consignment, etc. from the business operator, further entrusts all or a considerable part of the act of manufacturing, repairing, creating, providing, or transporting relating to the manufacturing consignment, etc. (excluding cases where a person who falls under paragraph (8), item (i), item (ii), or item (v) makes a manufacturing consignment, etc. to a person who falls under item (i), item (ii), or item (v) of the preceding paragraph respectively, and cases where a person who falls under paragraph (8), item (iii), item (iv), or item (vi) makes an information-based product creation consignment or service contract to a person who falls under item (iii), item (iv), or item (vi) of the preceding paragraph respectively), when the business operator that receives the further consignment is a business operator who would fall under any of the items of that paragraph if the business operator received the manufacturing consignment, etc. directly from the business operator that controls the appointment and dismissal of officers, or the execution or existence of business, and makes the manufacturing consignment, etc., with regard to the application of this Act, the business operator that makes the further consignment is deemed to be an entrusting business operator, and the business operator that receives the further consignment is deemed to be a small and medium-sized entrusted business operator.

⑪The term "payment for manufacturing consignment, etc." as used in this Act means the payment to be made for the performance (provision of services in the case of service contract or specific transportation consignment; the same applies below) by a small or medium-sized entrusted business operator when the entrusting business operator concludes a manufacturing consignment, etc.