# 電気工事士法 / Electricians Act — 第七条の三 (Article 7-3)

- Law: 電気工事士法 (Electricians Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百三十九号
- English title "Electricians Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第七条の三 (Article 7-3)（指定の基準） — address `art-7-3`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-3
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### 第七条の三（指定の基準） — Designation criteria
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-7-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-3</sup>

**第一項**  経済産業大臣は、他に第七条第一項の指定を受けた者がなく、かつ、同項の指定の申請が次の各号に適合していると認めるときでなければ、その指定をしてはならない。
<sup>art-7-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-3/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must not make a designation under Article 7, paragraph (1) unless no other person has received the designation under that paragraph and the Minister finds that the application for the designation under that paragraph conforms to each of the following items:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**一**  職員、設備、試験事務の実施の方法その他の事項についての試験事務の実施に関する計画が、試験事務の適確な実施のために適切なものであること。
<sup>art-7-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-3/par-1/item-1</sup>
the plan for the conduct of examination administration, covering staff, facilities, the method of conducting examination administration and other matters, is appropriate for the accurate conduct of examination administration;
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**二**  前号の試験事務の実施に関する計画を適確に実施するに足りる経理的基礎及び技術的能力があること。
<sup>art-7-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-3/par-1/item-2</sup>
the applicant has the financial basis and technical capability sufficient to carry out accurately the plan for the conduct of examination administration referred to in the preceding item;
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**三**  一般社団法人又は一般財団法人であること。
<sup>art-7-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-3/par-1/item-3</sup>
the applicant is a general incorporated association or a general incorporated foundation;
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**四**  試験事務以外の業務を行つている場合には、その業務を行うことによつて試験事務が不公正になるおそれがないものであること。
<sup>art-7-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-3/par-1/item-4</sup>
if the applicant conducts business other than examination administration, there is no risk that conducting that business will make examination administration unfair.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-7-3/par-1: 第七条第一項 → 電気工事士法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7/par-1
- art-7-3/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 電気工事士法 第七条の三第一項第一号 (Article 7-3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-7-3/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-3/par-1/item-1

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 電気工事士法 第七条の三第一項第二号（指定の基準） — https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-3/par-1/item-2
- 電気工事士法 第七条の十二第一項（適合命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-12/par-1
- 電気工事士法 第七条の十三第一項（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-13/par-1
- 電気工事士法 附則第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/suppl-3351-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-3351-139/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 電気工事士法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000139/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 電気工事士法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1788), retrieved 2026-09-23
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch electricians-act-20261019T092227-002, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch electricians-act-20261019T092227-003, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 204 — 電気工事士法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
