Ordinance on Prevention of Lead Poisoning

(Special Ordinance of September 30, 1972)
(Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 37)

 Supplementary Provisions

(Date of Enforcement)

Article 1.             This Ministry of Labour Ordinance shall come into effect on October 1, 1972. (The other provisions are all omitted because the interim measures are not valid as their effective periods have all expired.)

(1)   The provisions of e) (restricted to the part concerning the lead casting process in the manufacturing process of the lead cutting steel), g) (restricted to the part concerning the finishing work) and h) (restricted to the part concerning the casting of the lead, etc.), item (5), Article 1 are to be enforced on April 1, 1973.

(2)   The provisions of item (4) (restricted to the part concerning the melting or casting of lead or lead alloys from among the types of work relating to the processing of lead designated in a), c), e) and f), item (5) of Article 1) and Article 26 (exclusive of the parts concerning the local exhaust ventilation system designated in items (2) and (3) of Article 5, the local exhaust ventilation system designated in items (2) and (3) of Article 7, the local exhaust ventilation system designated in items (2) and (3) of Article 10 and the local exhaust ventilation system designated in item (3) of Article 15) are to be enforced from October 1, 1973.

(Abrogation)

Article 2.             The Ordinance on Prevention of Lead Poisoning (Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 2 of 1967) shall be abrogated.

(Interim Measures)

Article 3.             The provisions of Articles 9, 11, 15, 35, 45, 47 and Chapter III concerning any one of the jobs using lead listed hereunder shall not be enforced until September 30, 1973.

(1)   Lead casting work in the manufacturing process of lead cutting steel from among those lead processing jobs designated in e), item (5) of Article 1.

(2)    Finishing work from among the lead processing jobs designated in g), item (5) of Article 1.

(3)   Lead casting work from among the lead processing jobs designated in h), item (5) of Article 1.

Article 4.             Notwithstanding the provision of Article 33, the employer shall designate a lead work supervisor from among those workers who have passed the license examination of the health supervisor until September 30, 1974.

Supplementary Provision

(Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 33, August 16, 1978)

This ministerial ordinance shall be enforced from September 1, 1978.

Supplementary Provisions

(Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 3, February 27, 1984)

1.             This ministerial ordinance shall be enforced from March 1, 1984.

2.             The work designated in the provision of Article 2 of the old Ordinance on Prevention of Lead Poisoning from among those jobs to be carried out using a baking furnace provided with a local exhaust ventilation system or air exhauster shall be treated according to precedent.

Supplementary Provisions

(Ministry of Labour Ordinance No.26, September 1, 1988)

(Excerpts)

(Date of Enforcement)

Article 1.             This ministerial ordinance shall be enforced from October 1, 1988. (The rest is omitted.)

(Interim Measures)

Article 2. 1. (Omitted)

2.             The provisions of Articles 52-2 through 52-4 of the amended Ordinance on Prevention of Lead Poisoning shall not be applicable to the measurement conducted prior to the enforcement of this ministerial ordinance, conforming to the provision of paragraphs 1 or 5, Article 65 of the Industrial Safety and Health Law concerning the indoor workplace designated in paragraph 1, Article 52 of the Ordinance on Prevention of Lead Poisoning.

3. and 4. (Omitted).
Supplementary Provisions

(Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 24, June 30, 1989)

1.             This ministerial ordinance shall be enforced from October 1, 1989.

2.             The penal provisions related to acts committed before the enforcement of this ministerial ordinance shall be applied according to precedent.

                                                              Supplementary Provisions

             (Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 30 of December 18, 1990)

This Ordinance shall be enforced from January 1, 1991.

                                  Supplementary Provisions

            (Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 20 of March 30, 1994)

                                              (Excerpts)

(Date of Enforcement)

        Article 1. This Ordinance shall be enforced from July 1, 1994.

(Interim Measures for Notification of Plans)

        Article 2. (Omitted) Notifications based on paragraph 1 (omitted) of Article 61 of the Ordinance on Prevention of Lead Poisoning before amendment by this Ordinance (called the "old Lead Ordinance" below) concerning construction to commence after the date of enforcement of this Ordinance (called the "enforcement date" below) shall be treated as valid notifications under paragraph 1 of Article 88 of the Industrial Safety and Health Law (called the "Law" below) after the enforcement of this Ordinance.

        2. (Omitted) Notifications based on paragraph 3 (omitted) of Article 61 of the old Lead Ordinance concerning construction to commence after the enforcement date shall, where the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 88 of the Law apply, be treated as valid notification under paragraph 1 of the same Article after the enforcement of this Ordinance.

        3. Omitted

        4. Omitted

(Interim Measures for Penal Provisions)

        Article 5. The application of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Ordinance and to acts committed after the enforcement of this Ordinance that are to be treated according to precedent under the provisions of Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions shall be according to precedent.

                                  Supplementary Provisions

            (Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 35 of September 13, 1996)

                                              (Excerpt)

(Date of Enforcement)

        Article 1. This Ordinance shall be enforced from October 1, 1996.

                                  Supplementary Provisions

        (Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 4 of January 11, 1999)

(Date of Enforcement)

1. This Ordinance shall be enforced from the date of promulgation.

(Interim Measures)

        2. Pre-amendment forms in existence at the time of the enforcement of this Ordinance may be adjusted and used during the interim period.