If a registered inspection agency transfers all of its business or if a registered inspection agency has become subject to a succession, merger, or company split (limited to one in which it allows another person to assume all of its business), the person acquiring all of the business, the successor (hereinafter in this paragraph, the person chosen as the successor to the business through the agreement of all parties when there are two or more successors), the corporation surviving the merger, the corporation incorporated as a result of the merger, or the person assuming all of its business as a result of the company split succeeds to the position of the registered inspection agency; provided, however, that this does not apply if the party succeeding to all of the business, successor, corporation surviving the merger, corporation incorporated as a result of the merger, or corporation assuming all of its business as a result of the company split falls under the provisions of the items of paragraph (2) of Article 54-3.
検査業者がその事業の全部を譲り渡し、又は検査業者について相続、合併若しくは分割（その事業の全部を承継させるものに限る。）があつたときは、その事業の全部を譲り受けた者又は相続人（相続人が二人以上ある場合において、その全員の同意により事業を承継すべき相続人を選定したときは、その者。以下この項において同じ。）、合併後存続する法人若しくは合併により設立された法人若しくは分割によりその事業の全部を承継した法人は、その検査業者の地位を承継する。ただし、当該事業の全部を譲り受けた者又は相続人、合併後存続する法人若しくは合併により設立された法人若しくは分割により当該事業の全部を承継した法人が第五十四条の三第二項各号のいずれかに該当するときは、この限りでない。
A person that has succeeded to the position of a registered inspection agency pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must file a notification of this with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or with the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and without delay.
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