If the Investigation Commission finds that the chairperson or a member, temporary member, or expert member is likely to be connected to the Cause or Source of an Actual or Potential Accident Involving Bodily Harm which is subject to an Investigation or Evaluation, or finds that the person is closely related to a person with such a connection, the Investigation Commission must not allow the chairperson, member, temporary member, or expert member to engage in the Investigation or Evaluation.
A chairperson, member, or temporary member as referred to in the preceding paragraph must not attend any meeting of the Investigation Commission concerning the relevant Investigation or Evaluation.
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Actual or Potential Accident Involving Bodily Harm
「生命身体事故等」
An accident in which a consumer suffers harm to life or body to the degree a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, or a situation likely to cause such an accident, as listed in Article 2, paragraph (5), items (i) and (ii).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (6)· applies throughout the law
Investigation Commission
「調査委員会」
The Consumer Safety Investigation Commission (消費者安全調査委員会), set up within the Consumer Affairs Agency (消費者庁).
Short name set inArticle 15, paragraph (1)
Cause or Source
「事故等原因」
Collectively, the cause of an actual or potential accident involving bodily harm (生命身体事故等) and the cause of the harm it does, which the Consumer Safety Investigation Commission investigates under Article 16, paragraph (1), item (i).
Short name set inArticle 16, paragraph (1), item (i)
Investigation or Evaluation
「事故等原因調査等」
The Consumer Safety Investigation Commission's own investigation into the cause of an accident (事故等原因調査), or its evaluation of the results of an investigation or inspection by another administrative body or a local government (他の行政機関等による調査等).
Short name set inArticle 16, paragraph (1), item (iii)