mandatory placement regulations; government rules requiring certain positions or structures in local bodies
A legal/administrative term referring to national government regulations that oblige local governments to establish specific posts, organizations, or facilities (e.g., requiring a police chief or a certain department). Often discussed in the context of local autonomy.
Reviewing mandatory placement regulations has become an important issue for decentralization.
This law includes mandatory placement regulations requiring each municipality to establish a welfare office.
Compound of 必 (certainly, necessarily), 置 (place, establish), and 規制 (regulation). The term is a modern legal coinage.