Act amending the Act on Efficiency of Goods Distribution: transport agency law update

AI summary

Generated by AI from the Japanese source metadata. It is an unofficial monitoring aid, not legal advice, and may contain errors. The area, stage, and impact labels are preliminary keyword-based triage labels. Confirm every point in the original Japanese source.

Summary

The Act Partially Amending the Act on Efficiency of Goods Distribution (Act No. 21 of 2026) was promulgated on 2026-05-20. The listing identifies an amendment to the Act on the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency, Independent Administrative Agency (Act No. 180 of 2002), with an effective date of 2026-11-01 and an update-list date of 20261022.

Business Impact

The Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency may be affected because the listed amendment concerns its governing Act, rather than directly identifying obligations for goods-distribution businesses. The metadata does not specify the provisions changed.

Recommended Action

Reviewing the official Japanese source could clarify which provisions of the agency's governing Act are amended and how the 2026-11-01 effective date applies.

Timeline of related official records

Related official records are linked only when names and instrument numbers match exactly, so this timeline may be incomplete. Dates are as stated by the official sources. It is a monitoring aid, not legal advice; the original Japanese sources are authoritative.

1. Date not stated by the source — Bill listed by the House of Representatives (Diet session 221) 物資の流通の効率化に関する法律の一部を改正する法律案（審議状況：成立） Dashboard page Original Japanese source
2. 2026-05-20 — Promulgated (statute recorded by e-Gov Law Search) 物資の流通の効率化に関する法律の一部を改正する法律（令和八年法律第二十一号） (this update) Original Japanese source
3. 2026-11-01 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search 物資の流通の効率化に関する法律、独立行政法人鉄道建設・運輸施設整備支援機構法、登録免許税法 (this update) Original Japanese source