When the procedures for proceedings have been concluded, a review officer must prepare a written opinion concerning the administrative determination to be made by the reviewing agency (referred to as a "review officer's written opinion" below) without delay.
When a review officer has prepared a review officer's written opinion, the review officer must promptly submit it to the reviewing agency together with the case record.
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reviewing agency
「審査庁」
The administrative agency (行政庁) with which a request for review (審査請求) has been filed under Article 4 or under another Act (法律) or a local ordinance (条例), including one that took the case over under Article 14 when the power to decide it passed to it through a change in the laws and regulations (法令).
Short name set inArticle 9, paragraph (1)
review officer
「審理員」
The person a reviewing agency (審査庁) designates under Article 9, paragraph (1), from among its own staff (or from the list under Article 17 where it has made one), to conduct the proceedings on a request for review (審査請求).
Short name set inArticle 11, paragraph (2)
case record
「事件記録」
The documents and other objects relating to a request for review (審査請求) — the written request for review (審査請求書), the written explanation (弁明書) and others — that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, which the review officer (審理員) submits to the reviewing agency (審査庁) with the review officer's written opinion (審理員意見書).
Defined inArticle 41, paragraph (3)· applies only in this provision and in Article 42, paragraph (2); and Article 43, paragraph (2)
review officer's written opinion
「審理員意見書」
The written opinion on the determination (裁決) the reviewing agency (審査庁) should make, which the review officer (審理員) must prepare without delay once the review proceedings are closed.
Short name set inArticle 42, paragraph (1)