Article 54-4.
• In conducting specified self inspection in response to others' requests, the registered inspection agency for specified voluntary inspection shall have one who possesses the qualification provided for by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare carry it out.
Article 54-5.
• (1) Where a registered agency for specified self inspection transfers the whole of his/her business, or where there has been a succession or merger in respect of an registered inspection agency, the party who has received the whole of the business, or the successor (hereinafter in this paragraph, the person chosen as the successor to the business through the agreement of all parties where there are two or more successors), or the corporation that will continue after the merger, or the corporation established as a result of the merger shall succeed to the position of the registered inspection agency. However, this shall not apply when the party who has received the whole of the business or the successor or the corporation that will continue after the merger or the corporation established as a result of the merger falls under the provisions of the items of paragraph (2) of Article 54-3.
• (2) A person who has succeeded to the position of registered inspection agency under the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall notify that fact without delay to the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare or to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau as provided for by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
Article 54-6.
• (1) The Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare or the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau shall, where a registered agency for specified voluntary inspection came under item (i) or (iii) of paragraph (2) of Article 54-3, cancel the said registration.
• (2) The Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare or the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau may, where a registered agency for specified voluntary inspection came under any of the following items, cancel the said registration or order the suspension of the whole or part of the service of specified voluntary inspection for a fixed period not exceeding six months:
o (i) Where it is deemed to have ceased to be in conformity with the standards laid down in paragraph (4) of Article 54-3.
o (ii) Where it violates the provisions of Article 54-4.
o (iii) Where it violates the conditions referred to in paragraph (1) of Article 110.