Article 16-17Conducting of Examinations by a Delegating Prefectural Governor
第十六条の十七（委任都道府県知事による試験の実施）
If a Designated Examination Body suspends Examination Processes in whole or in part pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-14, paragraph (1); if the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism issues an order to a Designated Examination Body to suspend Examination Processes in whole or in part pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-15, paragraph (2); or if it has become difficult for a Designated Examination Body to conduct Examination Processes in whole or in part due to a natural disaster or for other reasons; the Delegating Prefectural Governor is to conduct said Examination Processes in whole or in part notwithstanding the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (3).
委任都道府県知事は、指定試験機関が第十六条の十四第一項の規定により試験事務の全部若しくは一部を休止したとき、国土交通大臣が第十六条の十五第二項の規定により指定試験機関に対し試験事務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命じたとき、又は指定試験機関が天災その他の事由により試験事務の全部若しくは一部を実施することが困難となつた場合において国土交通大臣が必要があると認めるときは、第十六条の二第三項の規定にかかわらず、当該試験事務の全部又は一部を行うものとする。
If a Delegating Prefectural Governor is to conduct Examination Processes pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph or if the reason for the conducting of Examination Processes by the Delegating Prefectural Governor pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph no longer applies, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must promptly provide notification of the fact thereof to said Delegating Prefectural Governor.
If a Delegating Prefectural Governor receives a notification under the preceding paragraph, said governor must issue a public notice of the fact thereof.