# 中小企業退職金共済法 / Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act — 第七十九条 (Article 79)

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- Law: 中小企業退職金共済法 (Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act), 昭和三十四年法律第百六十号
- English title "Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative 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: 第七十九条 (Article 79)（協議） — address `art-79`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-79
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### 第七十九条（協議） — Consultations
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-79</sup>

  **第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、次の場合には、財務大臣に協議しなければならない。
  <sup>art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-79/par-1</sup>
  The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must consult the Minister of Finance in the following cases:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  第二条第四項又は第七十七条第一項第一号から第四号までの規定による指定をしようとするとき。
    <sup>art-79/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-79/par-1/item-1</sup>
    when intending to make a designation under Article 2, paragraph (4) or Article 77, paragraph (1), items (i) through (iv);
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  第五十三条又は第七十五条第二項の厚生労働省令を定めようとするとき。
    <sup>art-79/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-79/par-1/item-2</sup>
    when intending to establish the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 53 or Article 75, paragraph (2);
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **三**  第七十二条第二項、第七十五条の二第一項、第二項若しくは第五項又は第七十五条の三の規定による認可をしようとするとき。
    <sup>art-79/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-79/par-1/item-3</sup>
    when intending to give authorization under Article 72, paragraph (2), Article 75-2, paragraph (1), (2) or (5), or Article 75-3;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **四**  第七十五条第一項の規定による承認をしようとするとき。
    <sup>art-79/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-79/par-1/item-4</sup>
    when intending to give approval under Article 75, paragraph (1).
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、第七十条第二項第一号に掲げる業務に関し、通則法第二十八条第一項の認可をしようとする場合には、国土交通大臣に協議しなければならない。
  <sup>art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-79/par-2</sup>
  When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare intends to give authorization under Article 28, paragraph (1) of the General Rules Act with regard to the operations listed in Article 70, paragraph (2), item (i), the Minister must consult the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-79/par-1/item-1: 第二条第四項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第二条第四項 (Article 2, paragraph (4)), art-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-2/par-4
- art-79/par-1/item-1: 第七十七条第一項第一号から第四号まで → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十七条第一項第一号 (Article 77, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-77/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-77/par-1/item-1
- art-79/par-1/item-1: 第七十七条第一項第一号から第四号まで → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十七条第一項第二号 (Article 77, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-77/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-77/par-1/item-2
- art-79/par-1/item-1: 第七十七条第一項第一号から第四号まで → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十七条第一項第三号 (Article 77, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-77/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-77/par-1/item-3
- art-79/par-1/item-1: 第七十七条第一項第一号から第四号まで → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十七条第一項第四号 (Article 77, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-77/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-77/par-1/item-4
- art-79/par-1/item-2: 第五十三条 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第五十三条 (Article 53), art-53 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-53
- art-79/par-1/item-2: 第七十五条第二項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十五条第二項 (Article 75, paragraph (2)), art-75/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-75/par-2
- art-79/par-1/item-3: 第七十二条第二項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十二条第二項 (Article 72, paragraph (2)), art-72/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-72/par-2
- art-79/par-1/item-3: 第七十五条の二第一項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十五条の二第一項 (Article 75-2, paragraph (1)), art-75-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-75-2/par-1
- art-79/par-1/item-3: 第二項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十五条の二第二項 (Article 75-2, paragraph (2)), art-75-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-75-2/par-2
- art-79/par-1/item-3: 第五項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十五条の二第五項 (Article 75-2, paragraph (5)), art-75-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-75-2/par-5
- art-79/par-1/item-3: 第七十五条の三 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十五条の三 (Article 75-3), art-75-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-75-3
- art-79/par-1/item-4: 第七十五条第一項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十五条第一項 (Article 75, paragraph (1)), art-75/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-75/par-1
- art-79/par-2: 第七十条第二項第一号 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十条第二項第一号 (Article 70, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-70/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-70/par-2/item-1
- art-79/par-2: 通則法第二十八条第一項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000103, 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第二項（業務の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-3341-160/art-2/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 中小企業退職金共済法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/334AC0000000160/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 中小企業退職金共済法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1775), retrieved 2026-09-23
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-retirement-allowance-act-20261106T173426-015, translated 2026-11-07
- This site's parser, version 225 — 中小企業退職金共済法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06
