When there is a request for review related to a disclosure or non-disclosure decision or an inaction related to a disclosure request, the head of the administrative organ who should make an administrative determination on the request for review must consult with the Information Disclosure and Personal Information Protection Review Board (when the head of the administrative organ who should make an administrative determination on the request for review is the President of the Board of Audit, a review board specified separately by laws), unless the case falls under either of the following cases:
if the request for review is not in accordance with the law and is to be dismissed; or
審査請求が不適法であり、却下する場合
if the entire request for review has been approved by an administrative determination, and it is decided that all of the administrative documents related to the request for review is to be disclosed (excluding the cases in which a written opposition opinion on the disclosure of the administrative documents has been submitted).
The head of an administrative organ who has made a consultation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must notify the following persons of the fact that a consultation has been made.
the requestor for review and intervenor (meaning the intervenor prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (4) of the Administrative Complaint Review Act; the same applies below in this paragraph and paragraph (1), item (ii) of the following Article);
the disclosure requester (except when the person is the requestor for review or an intervenor); and
a third party that has submitted a written opposition opinion on the disclosure of the administrative documents related to the request for review (excluding the cases in which the third party is the requestor for review or an intervenor).