Article 80Submission of Written Applications, etc. by Electronic Data Processing System

①In the case where, with regard to the submission of written applications, written declarations, reports, etc. that an employer makes to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a disbursing officer, the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau, the Director of the Labor Standards Office or the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office, or the Labor Insurance Special Account Revenue Collecting Officer of the Prefectural Labor Bureau or the Cash Advance Officer of the Labor Insurance Special Account of the Prefectural Labor Bureau (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc.") pursuant to the provisions of this Ministerial Order (excluding the submission of written applications under the provisions of Article 42, paragraphs (1) and (4), Article 45, paragraph (1), Article 47, paragraph (1), and Article 50, paragraph (1), a starting ticket receipt book under the provisions of Article 51, paragraph (1), reports under the provisions of Articles 54 and 55, and documents relating to a request under the provisions of Article 58), notifications (excluding notifications under the provisions of Article 40, paragraph (2) and Article 50, paragraph (4)), and requests (excluding requests under the provisions of Article 42, paragraph (6), Article 50, paragraph (6), and Article 53) (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "submission of written applications, etc."), a labor and social security attorney or a labor and social security attorney corporation (hereinafter referred to as a "labor and social security attorney, etc.") makes the submission of written applications, etc. on behalf of the employer under the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)-2 of the Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance (Act No. 89 of 1968) by using the electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Information and Communications Technology Utilization Act pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, then, by transmitting, together with the submission of written applications, etc., an electronic or magnetic record that can certify that the labor and social security attorney, etc. has concluded a contract to act on behalf of the employer in the employer's duties, it may be substituted for applying an electronic signature and transmitting, together with the submission of written applications, etc., the electronic certificate set forth in each item of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Promotion of Administration Utilizing Information and Communications Technology with Regard to Laws and Regulations under the Jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare No. 40 of 2003), notwithstanding that paragraph.

②In the case where, with regard to the submission of written applications, etc. that an employer makes to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. pursuant to the provisions of this Ministerial Order, a labor insurance administrative affairs association processes it, by entrustment from the employer under the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (1) of the Act, by using the electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Information and Communications Technology Utilization Act pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, then, by transmitting, together with the submission of written applications, etc., an electronic or magnetic record that can certify that the labor insurance administrative affairs association has been entrusted with the labor insurance administrative affairs that the employer is to carry out, it may be substituted for applying an electronic signature and transmitting, together with the submission of written applications, etc., the electronic certificate set forth in each item of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Promotion of Administration Utilizing Information and Communications Technology with Regard to Laws and Regulations under the Jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, notwithstanding that paragraph.

③In the case where, pursuant to the provisions of Article 64, a labor insurance administrative affairs association makes the submission of a notification to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau by using the electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Information and Communications Technology Utilization Act pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, then, by transmitting, together with the submission of the notification, an electronic or magnetic record that can certify that the employer concerned in the notification has entrusted the processing of labor insurance administrative affairs, or that the entrustment has been terminated, it may be substituted for transmitting, together with the submission of the notification, the information to which the electronic signature of the employer has been applied and the electronic certificate relating to that electronic signature set forth in each item of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Promotion of Administration Utilizing Information and Communications Technology with Regard to Laws and Regulations under the Jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, notwithstanding paragraph (2) of that Article.