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Bill to amend part of the Basic Act on digital society Formation to promote regulatory reform for the formation of digital society

This bill was submitted to the 211th (ordinary) session of the Diet on March 7, 2023 (2023).

Purpose

Based on the "Plan for Comprehensive Review of regulation in Light of Digital Principles" (decided by Digital Extraordinary Administrative Advisory Committee in June 2022), in order to promote the review of regulation for its effective use in light of the progress of digital technology, (1) the Basic Act on digital society Formation, (2) the Digital Procedure Act (Act on Promotion of Public Administration Using Information and Communications Technology), and (3) the Individual Law that specifies regulations on paper and in-person processes will be revised.

Overview

1. Promotion of autonomous and continuous review of regulation based on the progress of digital technology

In order to ensure that the regulation will be reviewed autonomously and continuously in the future based on the progress of digital technology, etc., basic policies and specific measures for the review will be formulated.

  • Digital regulatory reform will be stipulated as a national basic policy, and regulations related to the Digital Legislation Bureau process (the process to confirm the compliance of new law, etc. with the digital principles) will be implemented.
  • Regulations related to the effective use of digital technologies and the publication and use of Technology Map (a map showing the correspondence between digital technologies and the matters to be reviewed in regulation) will be adopted.

2. Online application, etc. by media

In order to make it possible to apply online for public authorities by media such as floppy disk, the scope of application of the Digital Procedure Act, which is a general law that enables online application, will be expanded.

3. Review of the written notice regulation

It is intended to improve convenience by making it possible to browse, etc. via the Internet regarding information that has been posted in writing at a specific location and to confirm necessary information anytime and anywhere.

Effective Date

In principle, no later than one year after promulgation

Materials

Related Information

Digital Extraordinary Administrative Advisory Committee Efforts