# 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 / Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons — 第五十四条 (Article 54) - Law: 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 (Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons), 昭和四十六年法律第六十八号 - English title "Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第五十四条 (Article 54)（権限の委任） — address `art-54` - Text in force since: 2022-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-54 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-54 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十四条（権限の委任） — (Delegation of Authority) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-54 **第一項** この法律に定める厚生労働大臣の権限は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その一部を都道府県労働局長に委任することができる。 art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-54/par-1 Part of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare specified in this Act may be delegated to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により都道府県労働局長に委任された権限は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、公共職業安定所長に委任することができる。 art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-54/par-2 The authority delegated to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-54/par-2: 前項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-54/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第五十四条第二項（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-54/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2022-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/346AC0000000068/20221001_504AC0000000012), retrieved 2026-10-09 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4630/tb), retrieved 2026-10-09 - This site's parser, version 164 — 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09