Article 109National Pension Affairs Association
第百九条（国民年金事務組合）
A body whose members are insured persons engaged in the same type of business or work, or another similar body whose members are insured persons, that is specified by Cabinet Order, may, upon entrustment by an insured person who is a member of the body, make the notification under Article 12, paragraph (1) relating to that insured person.
同種の事業又は業務に従事する被保険者を構成員とする団体その他被保険者を構成員とするこれに類する団体で政令で定めるものは、当該構成員である被保険者の委託を受けて、当該被保険者に係る第十二条第一項の届出をすることができる。
A body prescribed in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "National Pension Affairs Association") must, when intending to accept the entrustment prescribed in that paragraph, receive the authorization of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may rescind the authorization under the preceding paragraph, where the Minister finds that a National Pension Affairs Association that has received the authorization under that paragraph has neglected to process the affairs it is to carry out, or that its processing is significantly improper.
第百九条の二（全額免除申請の事務手続に関する特例）
A person who is found to be capable of properly and reliably carrying out affairs concerning the application under Article 90, paragraph (1) (hereinafter in this Article referred to as an "application for full exemption"), and whom the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare designates based on an application from that person (hereinafter in this Article referred to as a "designated full exemption application handler"), may, upon entrustment by an insured person or a person who had been an insured person who falls under any of the items of that paragraph (limited to a person specified by Ministerial Order; hereinafter in this Article referred to as "insured persons meeting the full exemption requirements"), make an application for full exemption relating to insured persons meeting the full exemption requirements.
When insured persons meeting the full exemption requirements entrust a designated full exemption application handler with an application for full exemption, the application for full exemption is deemed to have been made on the day on which that entrustment was made, for the purpose of applying Article 90, paragraphs (1) and (2).
全額免除要件該当被保険者等が指定全額免除申請事務取扱者に全額免除申請の委託をしたときは、第九十条第一項及び第二項の規定の適用については、当該委託をした日に、全額免除申請があつたものとみなす。
When a designated full exemption application handler is entrusted with an application for full exemption by insured persons meeting the full exemption requirements, the designated full exemption application handler must, without delay, make that application for full exemption, as specified by Ministerial Order.
指定全額免除申請事務取扱者は、全額免除要件該当被保険者等から全額免除申請の委託を受けたときは、遅滞なく、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該全額免除申請をしなければならない。
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, to the extent necessary for a designated full exemption application handler to properly and reliably carry out the affairs under paragraph (1), provide information concerning the fact that insured persons meeting the full exemption requirements fall under any of the items of Article 90, paragraph (1).
厚生労働大臣は、指定全額免除申請事務取扱者が第一項の事務を適正かつ確実に実施するために必要な限度において、全額免除要件該当被保険者等が第九十条第一項各号のいずれかに該当することの事実に関する情報を提供することができる。
If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that a designated full exemption application handler has neglected to process the affairs it is to perform, or that its processing is significantly improper, the Minister may order the designated full exemption application handler to take the measures necessary for improvement.
厚生労働大臣は、指定全額免除申請事務取扱者がその行うべき事務の処理を怠り、又はその処理が著しく不当であると認めるときは、指定全額免除申請事務取扱者に対し、その改善に必要な措置を採るべきことを命ずることができる。
If a designated full exemption application handler violates an order under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may rescind the designation under paragraph (1).
厚生労働大臣は、指定全額免除申請事務取扱者が前項の規定による命令に違反したときは、第一項の指定を取り消すことができる。
A designated full exemption application handler (or, where it is a juridical person, its officer) or its employee, or a person who was formerly one of these, must not, without justifiable grounds, divulge any secret that has come to their knowledge in connection with the affairs under paragraph (1).
指定全額免除申請事務取扱者（その者が法人である場合にあつては、その役員）若しくはその職員又はこれらの者であつた者は、正当な理由なく、第一項の事務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。
The procedure for the designation under paragraph (1) and other matters necessary for the enforcement of the preceding paragraphs are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
第百九条の二の二（学生納付特例の事務手続に関する特例）
The State, local governments, a national university corporation prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the National University Corporation Act (Act No. 112 of 2003), a public university corporation prescribed in Article 68, paragraph (1) of the Local Independent Administrative Agency Act (Act No. 118 of 2003), a school corporation prescribed in Article 3 of the Private Schools Act (Act No. 270 of 1949), and any other juridical person specified by Cabinet Order, that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare designates, on the application of that juridical person, as one found capable of properly and reliably carrying out the affairs concerning the application under Article 90-3, paragraph (1) (hereinafter in this Article referred to as an "application for the student payment special provision") (hereinafter in this Article referred to as a "student payment special provision processing corporation"), may, on entrustment from an insured person who is a student of a university prescribed in Article 83 of the School Education Act or other educational institution specified by Cabinet Order that it establishes (hereinafter in this Article referred to as a "student insured person"), make the application for the student payment special provision pertaining to that student insured person.
国及び地方公共団体並びに国立大学法人法（平成十五年法律第百十二号）第二条第一項に規定する国立大学法人、地方独立行政法人法（平成十五年法律第百十八号）第六十八条第一項に規定する公立大学法人及び私立学校法（昭和二十四年法律第二百七十号）第三条に規定する学校法人その他の政令で定める法人であつて、厚生労働大臣がこれらの法人からの申請に基づき、第九十条の三第一項の申請（以下この条において「学生納付特例申請」という。）に関する事務を適正かつ確実に実施することができると認められるものとして指定するもの（以下この条において「学生納付特例事務法人」という。）は、その設置する学校教育法第八十三条に規定する大学その他の政令で定める教育施設において当該教育施設の学生等である被保険者（以下この条において「学生等被保険者」という。）の委託を受けて、学生等被保険者に係る学生納付特例申請をすることができる。
If a student insured person entrusts a student payment special provision processing corporation with an application for the student payment special provision, for the purpose of applying Article 90-3, paragraph (1) and Article 90, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 90-3, paragraph (2), the application for the student payment special provision is deemed to have been made on the day of that entrustment.
If a student payment special provision processing corporation receives an entrustment of an application for the student payment special provision from a student insured person, it must, without delay, make that application for the student payment special provision as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
学生納付特例事務法人は、学生等被保険者から学生納付特例申請の委託を受けたときは、遅滞なく、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該学生納付特例申請をしなければならない。
If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that a student payment special provision processing corporation has neglected to process the affairs it is to perform, or that its processing is significantly improper, the Minister may order the student payment special provision processing corporation to take the measures necessary for improvement.
厚生労働大臣は、学生納付特例事務法人がその行うべき事務の処理を怠り、又はその処理が著しく不当であると認めるときは、学生納付特例事務法人に対し、その改善に必要な措置を採るべきことを命ずることができる。
If a student payment special provision processing corporation violates an order under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may rescind the designation under paragraph (1).
厚生労働大臣は、学生納付特例事務法人が前項の規定による命令に違反したときは、第一項の指定を取り消すことができる。
The procedure for the designation under paragraph (1) and other matters necessary for the enforcement of the preceding paragraphs are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Article 109-3Premium Payment Verification Organisation
第百九条の三（保険料納付確認団体）
A body that has as its members insured persons engaged in the same kind of business or work, or any other similar body, specified by Cabinet Order, that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare designates, on the application of that body, as one found capable of properly and reliably performing the affairs under the following paragraph (hereinafter in this Article referred to as a "premium payment verification organisation"), may perform the affairs under that paragraph.
A premium payment verification organisation is to perform the affairs of ascertaining, upon entrustment from an insured person who is a member of that organisation or another similarly situated person, whether or not the premiums pertaining to that insured person have been paid by the due date for payment (referred to as the "fact of premium arrears" in the following paragraph), and notifying the insured person of the result.
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, in response to a request from a premium payment verification organisation, provide information concerning the fact of premium arrears to the extent necessary for the premium payment verification organisation to properly perform the affairs under the preceding paragraph.
If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that a premium payment verification organisation has neglected to process the affairs it is to perform, or that its processing is significantly improper, the Minister may order the premium payment verification organisation to take the measures necessary for improvement.
厚生労働大臣は、保険料納付確認団体がその行うべき業務の処理を怠り、又はその処理が著しく不当であると認めるときは、保険料納付確認団体に対し、その改善に必要な措置を採るべきことを命ずることができる。
If a premium payment verification organisation violates an order under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may rescind the designation under paragraph (1).
An officer or employee of a premium payment verification organisation, or a person who formerly held such a position, must not, without justifiable grounds, divulge any secret that has come to their knowledge in connection with the affairs under paragraph (2).
The procedure for the designation under paragraph (1) and other matters necessary in connection with a premium payment verification organisation are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.