About the examiner

Under the Administrative Appeals Law, in order to enhance the fairness and transparency of the hearing, the staff who examine the request for examination is legally positioned as "trial members", and the examiner plays a central role in hearing the actual request for examination. (Based on the provisions of Article 9 of the Act, if the superintendent of education becomes the Examining Agency, a hearing officer will be appointed. Nominating is required if the Board of Education becomes the Examining Agency. ) 。
The examiner will be a member of the Examining Authority appointed by the Examining Authority (City of Yokohama, Board of Education Secretariat employs a lawyer as an appointment officer for the fiscal year and appoints it as an examiner). From the viewpoint of ensuring that the hearing is conducted fairly, the person involved in the procedure related to the disposal cannot be appointed as the hearing officer (Article 9, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Act).
The examiner receives a statement from the Disposal Agency, etc., submits a statement from the requester for examination, etc., conducts necessary investigations, etc., and submits the results of the hearing to the Examining Agency (investigator's opinion) ) And submit it to the Examining Agency along with the case record.
In accordance with the provisions of Article 17 of the Act, the Examining Agency shall make it public when it has created a list of persons to be trial members.

[Reference] Administrative Appeals Law (excerpt)
(Investigator)
Article 9 The administrative agency that has been requested for examination pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 or other laws or ordinances (including the administrative agency that has been taken over pursuant to the provisions of Article 14). Hereinafter referred to as the “Examination Agency”) shall refer to Section 3 of the staff belonging to the Examining Agency (if a list prescribed in Article 17 has been created, the person listed in the relevant list) The person who performs the prescribed hearing procedure (including the procedure prescribed in this section) shall be appointed, and the applicant for examination and the disposal agency (limited to the disposal agency other than the Examining Agency). Must. Provided, however, that if the institution listed in any of the following items is the Examining Agency, if there is a special provision in the ordinance for disposition based on the ordinance, or if the request for examination is rejected pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, This is not the case.
A committee prescribed in Article 49, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Cabinet Office Establishment Act or Article 3, paragraph (2) of the National Administrative Organization Act.
Organizations prescribed in Article 37 or 54 of the Cabinet Office Establishment Act or Article 8 of the National Administrative Organization Act
(Iii) a committee or a member prescribed in Article 138-4, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947) or an organization prescribed in paragraph (3) of the same Article
(2) The person designated by the Examining Agency pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be a person other than the person listed below.
(I) A person who has been involved in a decision on a disposition pertaining to a request for examination or a request for a reexamination of the disposition pertaining to the disposition, or a person who will be involved in or will be involved in a disposition pertaining to an omission pertaining to a request for examination.
Requester for Examination
A spouse of the requester, a relative within the fourth degree, or a relative of the living together.
proxy/agent, the Requester for Examination
A person who was a person listed in the preceding two items:
(Vi) Guardian, guardian, guardian, custody supervisor, assistant or assistant supervisor of the requester for examination
Stakeholders provided for in paragraph (1) of Article 13
(Omitted to paragraphs 3 and 4)
(List of persons to be hearing officers)
Article 17 The administrative agency that should become the Examining Agency shall endeavor to create a list of persons to be the examiners, and if this is created, the office of the administrative agency that should be the Examining Agency and the relevant disposal agency It must be made public by provision and other appropriate methods.