# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第七十四条の二 (Article 74-2) - Law: 道路運送車両法 (Road Transport Vehicle Act), 昭和二十六年法律第百八十五号 - English title "Road Transport Vehicle 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: 第七十四条の二 (Article 74-2)（道路運送車両の検査に係る独立行政法人自動車技術総合機構の審査） — address `art-74-2` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-2 - 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. --- ### 第七十四条の二（道路運送車両の検査に係る独立行政法人自動車技術総合機構の審査） — Examination by the National Agency for Automobile and Land Transport Technology Concerning Inspection of Road Transport Vehicles caption: machine translation, not official art-74-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-2 **第一項** 国土交通大臣は、この章に規定する自動車及び検査対象外軽自動車の検査に関する事務のうち、自動車及び検査対象外軽自動車が保安基準に適合するかどうかの審査（以下「基準適合性審査」という。）を機構に行わせるものとする。ただし、次条の規定により軽自動車検査協会に軽自動車の検査事務を行わせる場合における基準適合性審査については、この限りでない。 art-74-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-2/par-1 The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is to have the Agency conduct, among the affairs relating to the inspection of motor vehicles and light motor vehicles exempt from inspection prescribed in this Chapter, the examination of whether motor vehicles and light motor vehicles exempt from inspection conform to the safety standards (hereinafter referred to as "standards conformity examination"); provided, however, that this does not apply to standards conformity examination in the case where the Light Motor Vehicle Inspection Organization is to conduct light motor vehicle inspection work pursuant to the following Article. machine translation, not official **第二項** 機構は、基準適合性審査を行つたときは、遅滞なく、当該基準適合性審査の結果を国土交通省令で定めるところにより国土交通大臣に通知しなければならない。 art-74-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-2/par-2 When the Agency has conducted a standards conformity examination, it must, without delay, notify the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of the result of that standards conformity examination as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. machine translation, not official **第三項** 国土交通大臣は、機構が天災その他の事由により基準適合性審査を円滑に処理することが困難となつた場合において必要があると認めるときは、基準適合性審査を自らも行うこととすることができる。この場合において、国土交通大臣は、機構の設備を、基準適合性審査のため必要な限度において、無償で使用することができる。 art-74-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-2/par-3 If it has become difficult for the Agency to handle standards conformity examinations smoothly due to a natural disaster or any other cause, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may, if the Minister finds it necessary, decide to conduct standards conformity examinations personally as well. In this case, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may use the facilities of the Agency free of charge to the extent necessary for the standards conformity examinations. machine translation, not official **第四項** 国土交通大臣は、前項の規定により基準適合性審査を行うこととし、又は同項の規定により行つている基準適合性審査を行わないこととするときは、あらかじめ、その旨を官報で公示しなければならない。 art-74-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-2/par-4 When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism decides to conduct standards conformity examinations pursuant to the preceding paragraph, or decides not to conduct the standards conformity examinations being conducted pursuant to that paragraph, the Minister must give public notice to that effect in the Official Gazette in advance. machine translation, not official **第五項** 国土交通大臣が第三項の規定により基準適合性審査を行うこととし、又は同項の規定により行つている基準適合性審査を行わないこととする場合における基準適合性審査の引継ぎに関する所要の事項及び基準適合性審査に関する申請、手数料の納付その他の手続に関する所要の経過措置は、国土交通省令で定める。 art-74-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-2/par-5 Necessary matters concerning the handover of standards conformity examinations, and necessary transitional measures concerning procedures such as applications for standards conformity examinations and payment of fees, in the case where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism decides to conduct standards conformity examinations pursuant to paragraph (3), or decides not to conduct the standards conformity examinations being conducted pursuant to that paragraph, are prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-74-2/par-1: 次条 → 道路運送車両法 第七十四条の三 (Article 74-3), art-74-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-3 - art-74-2/par-4: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十四条の二第三項 (Article 74-2, paragraph (3)), art-74-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-2/par-3 - art-74-2/par-5: 第三項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十四条の二第三項 (Article 74-2, paragraph (3)), art-74-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-2/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 第七十四条の二第四項（道路運送車両の検査に係る独立行政法人自動車技術総合機構の審査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-2/par-4 - 道路運送車両法 第七十四条の二第五項（道路運送車両の検査に係る独立行政法人自動車技術総合機構の審査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-2/par-5 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路運送車両法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326AC0000000185/20260401_508AC0000000002), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 道路運送車両法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/529), retrieved 2026-09-18 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-transport-vehicle-act-20261013T120733-017, translated 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 189 — 道路運送車両法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13