# 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 — 第四十四条 (Article 44) - 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: 第四十四条 (Article 44)（指定等） — address `art-44` - Text in force since: 2022-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-44 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十四条（指定等） — (Designation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-44 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、その会員に二以上のシルバー人材センターを有する高年齢者就業援助法人であつて、次条において準用する第三十八条第一項に規定する業務に関し第三十七条第一項各号に掲げる基準に適合すると認められるものを、その申請により、当該高年齢者就業援助法人の会員であるシルバー人材センターに係るセンターの指定区域と当該地域における臨時的かつ短期的な就業の機会の状況その他の事情を考慮して厚生労働省令で定める基準に従つて必要と認められる市町村の区域を併せた区域ごとに一個に限り、次条において準用する第三十八条第一項に規定する業務を行う者として指定することができる。ただし、当該指定をするに当たつては、当該市町村の区域から、当該指定に係る申請をした高年齢者就業援助法人の会員でないシルバー人材センターに係るセンターの指定区域及び連合の指定区域を除外するものとする。 art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-44/par-1 Based on application from them, a prefectural governor may designate Elderly Persons Employment Support Corporations that possess as their members two or more silver human resources centers and that are deemed to comply with the criteria listed in each item of Article 37, paragraph (1) concerning the operations provided for in Article 38, paragraph (1), applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the following Article, as persons that are to carry out the operations stipulated in Article 38, paragraph (1), applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the following Article, with only a single such corporation designated for each area, including municipal areas for which a designation is deemed necessary in accordance with the criteria specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, taking into consideration the designated areas of the centers concerning silver human resources centers that are members of Elderly Persons Employment Support Corporations and the circumstances of employment opportunities for temporary short-term work in the areas and other circumstances; provided, however, that this designation excludes designated areas of the centers and designated areas of the associations related to silver human resources centers that are not members of Elderly Persons Employment Support Corporations that have applied for such designation from the municipal areas. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** シルバー人材センターがシルバー人材センター連合の会員となつたときは、当該シルバー人材センター連合は、その旨を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。当該届出があつたときは、当該シルバー人材センター連合に係る連合の指定区域と当該シルバー人材センターに係るセンターの指定区域を併せた区域を当該シルバー人材センター連合に係る連合の指定区域とするものとする。 art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-44/par-2 When a silver human resources center has become a member of a silver human resources center association, the silver human resources center association must notify the prefectural governor to that effect. When the notification has been made, the combined area of the designated area of the association related to the silver human resources center association and the designated area of the center related to the silver human resources center is to be the designated area of the association related to the silver human resources center association. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の指定又は前項の届出があつたときは、当該指定又は届出に係るシルバー人材センター連合の会員であるシルバー人材センターに係る第三十七条第一項の指定は、その効力を失うものとする。 art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-44/par-3 When the designation set forth in paragraph (1) or the notification set forth in the preceding paragraph has been made, the designation set forth in Article 37, paragraph (1) related to the silver human resources center that is a member of the silver human resources center association related to the designation or notification will cease to be effective. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 都道府県知事は、第二項の届出があつた場合において、シルバー人材センター連合からその連合の指定区域の変更に関する申出があつたときは、当該連合の指定区域を変更し、当該連合の指定区域と第一項の厚生労働省令で定める基準に従つて必要と認められる市町村の区域を併せた区域を当該シルバー人材センター連合に係る連合の指定区域とすることができる。ただし、当該変更をするに当たつては、当該市町村の区域から、センターの指定区域及び連合の指定区域を除外するものとする。 art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-44/par-4 If a notification as provided for in paragraph (2) has been made and the silver human resources center association has requested a change of the designated areas of the association, the prefectural governor may change the designated areas of the association and designate areas which combine the areas of association and municipal areas where a designation is deemed necessary in accordance with the criteria specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in paragraph (1) as designated areas of the association related to the silver human resources center association; provided, however, that in making the changes that the designated areas of the centers and designated areas of the association are excluded from the municipal areas. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-44/par-1: 次条 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第四十五条 (Article 45), art-45 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-45 - art-44/par-1: 第三十七条第一項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-37/par-1 - art-44/par-1: 第三十八条第一項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-38/par-1 - art-44/par-3: 第一項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-44/par-1 - art-44/par-3: 第三十七条第一項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-37/par-1 - art-44/par-3: 前項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第四十四条第二項 (Article 44, paragraph (2)), art-44/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-44/par-2 - art-44/par-4: 第一項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-44/par-1 - art-44/par-4: 第二項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第四十四条第二項 (Article 44, paragraph (2)), art-44/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-44/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite 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 第三十七条第一項（指定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-37/par-1 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第四十四条第三項（指定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-44/par-3 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第四十四条第四項（指定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-44/par-4 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第四十五条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-45/par-1 --- ## 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