noun
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.
必置規制の見直しが地方分権の重要な課題となっている。
Reviewing mandatory placement regulations has become an important issue for decentralization.
この法律には、各市町村に福祉事務所を設置する必置規制が含まれている。
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.