# 厚生年金保険法施行令 / Order for Enforcement of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第四条の二の五 (Article 4-2-5)

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- Law: 厚生年金保険法施行令 (Order for Enforcement of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act), 昭和二十九年政令第百十号
- English title "Order for Enforcement of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act": claude-opus-5-5
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- Provision: 第四条の二の五 (Article 4-2-5) — address `art-4-2-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第四条の二の五
<sup>art-4-2-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5</sup>

**第一項**  厚生年金保険の管掌者たる政府は、毎年度、当該年度における実施機関に係る交付金の見込額を、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該実施機関に対して交付するものとする。
<sup>art-4-2-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-1</sup>
The government, as the administrator of employees' pension insurance, is to pay to each implementing organization, each fiscal year, the estimated amount of the grant pertaining to that implementing organization for that fiscal year, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の交付金の見込額は、各年度につき、厚生労働大臣が定める。
<sup>art-4-2-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-2</sup>
The estimated amount of the grant under the preceding paragraph is to be determined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for each fiscal year.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定により定めた交付金の見込額が当該年度における法の規定による保険給付及び第四条の二の三各号に掲げる給付（法第八十四条の三に規定する厚生年金保険給付費等に係る部分に限る。以下この項、第四条の二の七及び第四条の二の十一第三項において同じ。）の支払状況に照らして過少であることが明らかであり、かつ、当該年度における当該法の規定による保険給付及び第四条の二の三各号に掲げる給付に支障が生ずると認めるときは、第一項の交付金の見込額を変更することができる。
<sup>art-4-2-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-3</sup>
If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that the estimated amount of the grant determined pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is clearly insufficient in light of the state of payment of the insurance benefits under the provisions of the Act and the benefits listed in the items of Article 4-2-3 (limited to the portion pertaining to the expenses for EPI benefits and their equivalent prescribed in Article 84-3 of the Act; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph, Article 4-2-7 and Article 4-2-11, paragraph (3)) for that fiscal year, and that this will impede the insurance benefits under the provisions of the Act and the benefits listed in the items of Article 4-2-3 for that fiscal year, the Minister may change the estimated amount of the grant in paragraph (1).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  前項の規定により厚生労働大臣が交付金の見込額を変更したときは、厚生年金保険の管掌者たる政府は、実施機関に係る変更後の交付金の見込額から当該実施機関に係る第二項の規定により厚生労働大臣が定めた交付金の見込額を控除して得た額の交付金を、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該実施機関に対して交付しなければならない。
<sup>art-4-2-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-4</sup>
If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has changed the estimated amount of the grant pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the government, as the administrator of employees' pension insurance, must pay to the implementing organization, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a grant in the amount obtained by deducting the estimated amount of the grant pertaining to that implementing organization determined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) from the estimated amount of the grant after the change pertaining to the implementing organization.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第五項**  厚生労働大臣は、第一項及び前項に規定する厚生労働省令を定めるときは、実施機関を所管する大臣に協議しなければならない。
<sup>art-4-2-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-5</sup>
When establishing the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must consult the minister having jurisdiction over the implementing organization.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第六項**  厚生労働大臣は、第二項の規定により第一項の交付金の見込額を定めるとき、又は第三項の規定により第一項の交付金の見込額を変更しようとするときは、実施機関を所管する大臣に協議しなければならない。
<sup>art-4-2-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-6</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must consult the minister having jurisdiction over the implementing organization when determining the estimated amount of the grant in paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), or when intending to change the estimated amount of the grant in paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-4-2-5/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第一項 (Article 4-2-5, paragraph (1)), art-4-2-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-1
- art-4-2-5/par-3: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第二項 (Article 4-2-5, paragraph (2)), art-4-2-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-2
- art-4-2-5/par-3: 第四条の二の三 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の三 (Article 4-2-3), art-4-2-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-3
- art-4-2-5/par-3: 法第八十四条の三 → 厚生年金保険法 第八十四条の三 (Article 84-3), art-84-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-84-3 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)
- art-4-2-5/par-3: この項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第三項 (Article 4-2-5, paragraph (3)), art-4-2-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-3
- art-4-2-5/par-3: 第四条の二の七 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の七 (Article 4-2-7), art-4-2-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-7
- art-4-2-5/par-3: 第四条の二の十一第三項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の十一第三項 (Article 4-2-11, paragraph (3)), art-4-2-11/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-11/par-3
- art-4-2-5/par-3: 第一項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第一項 (Article 4-2-5, paragraph (1)), art-4-2-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-1
- art-4-2-5/par-4: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第三項 (Article 4-2-5, paragraph (3)), art-4-2-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-3
- art-4-2-5/par-4: 第二項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第二項 (Article 4-2-5, paragraph (2)), art-4-2-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-2
- art-4-2-5/par-5: 第一項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第一項 (Article 4-2-5, paragraph (1)), art-4-2-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-1
- art-4-2-5/par-5: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第四項 (Article 4-2-5, paragraph (4)), art-4-2-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-4
- art-4-2-5/par-6: 第二項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第二項 (Article 4-2-5, paragraph (2)), art-4-2-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-2
- art-4-2-5/par-6: 第一項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第一項 (Article 4-2-5, paragraph (1)), art-4-2-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-1
- art-4-2-5/par-6: 第三項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第三項 (Article 4-2-5, paragraph (3)), art-4-2-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-3
- 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-4
- 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-5
- 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-6
- 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の六第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-6/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の六第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-6/par-2

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — English title of a law in this collection, written for this site, written 2026-11-06
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 厚生年金保険法施行令 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/329CO0000000110/20261001_508CO0000000276), retrieved 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order-20261106T164949-017, translated 2026-11-07
- This site's parser, version 229 — 厚生年金保険法施行令 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06
