item (xxxvi) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as a "building lots and buildings transaction business operator" in this Article), shall be delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Development Bureau and Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Bureau who have jurisdiction over the location of its head office or principal office; provided, however, that this shall not preclude the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport from exercising the authority him/herself.

(2) Part of the authority of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport prescribed in the preceding paragraph, which is to be exercised with regard to a branch office, secondary office or office listed in Article 1-2, item (ii) of the Order for Enforcement of the Building Lots and Buildings Transaction Business Act (Cabinet Order No. 383 of 1964) of a building lots and buildings transaction business operator (hereinafter referred to as a "branch office, etc." in this Article), may be exercised not only by the Director-General of the Regional Development Bureau and Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Bureau prescribed in the same paragraph but also by the Director-General of the Regional Development Bureau and Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Bureau who have jurisdiction over the location of the said branch office, etc.

(3) The business of receiving a report of suspicious transactions by a building lots and buildings transaction business operator shall be administered by the Director-General of the Regional Development Bureau and Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Bureau prescribed in paragraph 1, if it is related to a person who has obtained a license from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport prescribed in Article 3, paragraph 1 of the Building Lots and Buildings Transaction Business Act (Act No. 176 of 1952).

Article 30 (Delegation, etc. of Authority of Administrative Agency for Transactions Involving Judicial Scriveners, etc.)

(1) The authority of the Minister of Justice prescribed in Article 13, Article 14, paragraph 1, and Article 15 of the Act, which is to be exercised with regard to a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xl) of the Act, shall be delegated to the Director-General of the Legal Affairs Bureau and Director-General of the District Legal Affairs Bureau who have jurisdiction over the location of its office (in the case of a judicial scrivener corporation, its principal office); provided, however, that this shall not preclude the Minister of Justice from exercising the authority him/herself.

(2) Part of the authority of the Minister of Justice prescribed in the preceding paragraph, which is to be exercised with regard to an office of a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xl) of the Act (limited to judicial scrivener corporations; the same shall apply in the following paragraph) other than its principal office (hereinafter referred to as a "secondary office" in this Article), may be exercised not only by the Director-General of the Legal Affairs Bureau and Director-General of the District Legal Affairs Bureau prescribed in the preceding paragraph but also by the Director-General of the Legal Affairs Bureau and Director-General of the District Legal Affairs Bureau who have jurisdiction over the location of the said secondary office.

(3) The Director-General of the Legal Affairs Bureau or Director-General of the District Legal Affairs Bureau who has requested a secondary office of a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xl) of the Act to submit reports or materials, asked questions or conducted an on-site inspection thereof, or provided guidance or advice or made suggestions (hereinafter referred to as to "conduct an inspection and provide guidance, etc." in this Article and the following Article) pursuant to the preceding paragraph may, when he/she finds it necessary to conduct an inspection and provide guidance, etc. with regard to its principal office or a secondary office other than the said secondary office, conduct an inspection and provide guidance, etc. with regard to the said principal office or other secondary office.

Article 31 (Delegation, etc. of Authority of Administrative Agency for Transactions Involving Certified Tax Accountants, etc.)

(1) The authority of the Minister of Finance prescribed in Article 13, Article 14, paragraph 1, and Article 15 of the Act, which is to be exercised with regard to a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xiii) of the Act, shall be delegated to the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency; provided, however, that this shall not preclude the Minister of Finance from exercising the authority him/herself.

(2) The authority delegated to the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be delegated to the director of the Regional Taxation Bureau and the chief of the tax office who have jurisdiction over the location of an office of the said specified business operator (in the case of a certified tax accountant corporation, its principal office); provided, however, that this shall not preclude the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency from exercising the authority him/herself.

(3) Part of the authority of the Minister of Finance prescribed in paragraph 1, which is to be exercised with regard to an office of a