Industrial Safety and Health Law
Law No. 57 of June 8, 1972
Latest Amendments:
Law No. 25 of May 31, 2006
In Japanese
Supplementary Provisions
Supplementary Provisions
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This law shall be put into force from the date to be fixed by Cabinet Order within the period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation; provided that the provisions of Article 80 and Section II of Chapter IX shall be enforced as from April 1, 1973. Of the provision of Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions, the part providing for adding the words "and Industrial Safety and Health Law" under the term "The Labor Standards Law" in the table of the Central Labor Standards Council prescribed in the provision of paragraph (1), Article 13 of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Institution Law (Law No. 162 of 1949) shall be enforced from the day of the promulgation.
Article 3. (Succession of Validity of Decision)
- Those decisions proceeding or other actions made or taken pursuant to the provisions and the related ordinances of the former Labor Standards Law or the Law for the Organization of Industrial Accident Prevention (Law No. 118 of 1964) before the enforcement of this law shall be regarded as the decisions, proceedings or other actions made or taken pursuant to this Law and the related ordinances.
Article 25. (Delegation to Cabinet Order)
Besides the matters provided for by these supplementary provisions, the interim measures required for the enforcement of this law shall be provided for by Cabinet Order.
Article 26. (Interim Measures for Penal Provisions)
- Article 26.The application of the penal Provisions to the conduct performed prior to the enforcement of this law shall be made according to the previous examples.
Supplementary Provisions (Law No. 28 of May 1, 1975)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This law shall be enforced from the date falling three months after its promulgation, providing that (partially omitted), of the provision of Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions, the part relating to adding paragraph (4) to the amended article 65 of the Industrial Safety and Health Law shall be enforced from the date designated by the Cabinet Order within a year from the promulgation of this law.
Article 6. (Delegation of Authority to Cabinet Order)
- Besides the matters provided for by these Supplementary Provisions, the interim measures required for the enforcement of this law shall be provided for by Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions (Law No. 76 of July 1, 1977)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This Law shall be put into force from the date six months after the date of promulgation. However, provisions listed in the following items shall be put into force as from the date fixed in each item.
- (i) Omitted.
- (ii) Provisions of Article 1 (limited to the revised provisions which add three paragraphs to Article 45 of the Industrial Safety and Health Law (limited to the parts relating to paragraph (2) of the same Article), revised provisions which add three articles after Article 57 of the said Law and revised provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 93 of said Law) shall be enforced from the date fixed for each provision by Cabinet Order within the period not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation.
Article 2. (Delegation of Authority to Cabinet Order)
- Besides the matters to be provided for by the next article, the interim measures necessary for the enforcement of this law shall be provided for by Cabinet Order.
Article 3. (Interim Measures for Penal Provisions)
- The penal provisions to the illegal conduct committed prior to the enforcement of this law shall be applied according to the previously established procedure.
Supplementary Provisions (Law No. 78, June 2 of 1980)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This Law shall be put into force from the date six months after the date of promulgation. However, the provisions listed in the following items shall be put into force as from the date fixed in each item:
- (i) Revised provisions which add one paragraph next to paragraph (3) of Article 15 (limited to the parts relating to overall control for measures in each item of paragraph (1) of Article 25-2), revised provisions which add one article after Article 25 (limited to the parts relating to paragraph (1) of Article 25-2), revised provisions of Article 26, revised provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 27 and paragraph (1) of Article 28, revised provisions which add one article after Article 30 (limited to the parts relating to paragraph (1) to paragraph (4) inclusive of Article 30-2), revised provisions of Article 32, revised provisions of Article 36, revised provisions of Article 88 (limited to the parts relating to paragraph (5) of the revised Article 88), revised provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 98, revised provisions of item of Article 119, revised provisions of item (i) of Article 120, (limited to amendment of "paragraph (1) or 3 of Article 15" reading as "paragraph (1), (3) or (4) of Article 15" (concerning paragraph (4) of Article 15, limited to the parts relating to overall control for measures in each item of paragraph (1) of Article 25-2), amendment of "paragraph (1) to paragraph (3) inclusive of Article 32" reading as "paragraph (1) to paragraph (4) inclusive of Article 32", amendment of "Article 101" reading as "to paragraph (5) inclusive, Article 101" (limited to the parts relating to paragraph (5) of revised Article 88), provisions of paragraph (1) of the next article, and provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 3 of Supplementary Provisions.) The date to be fixed by Cabinet Order within the scope not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation.
- (ii) Revised provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 10, revised provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 11 and paragraph (1) of Article 12, revised provisions which add one paragraph next to paragraph (3) of Article 15 (excluding the parts relating to overall control for measures in each item of paragraph (1) of Article 25-2), revised provisions which add one article after Article 25 (limited to the parts relating to paragraph (2) of Article 25-2), revised provisions which add one article after Article 30 (limited to the parts relating to paragraph (5) of Article 30-2), revised provisions of item (i) of Article 120 (limited to amendment of "paragraph (1) or (3) of Article 15" reading as "paragraph (1), (3), or (4) of Article 15" (concerning paragraph (4) of Article 15, excluding the parts relating to overall control for measures in each item of paragraph (1) of Article 25-2), the additon of "paragraph (2) of Article 25-2 (including the case where the same provisions are applied mutatis mutandis in paragraph (5) of Article 30-2", under "paragraph (1) of Article 18"), and provisions of paragraph (2) of the next Article. The date to be fixed by Cabinet Order within the scope not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation.
Article 2. (Interim Measures)
- (1) The provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 25-2 and paragraph (1) to paragraph (4) inclusive of Article 30-2 of the Industrial Safety and Health Law after the revision (hereinafter referred to as "New Law") shall not apply to the work under the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 25-2 which is started before the date prescribed by the provisions of item (i) of the preceding Article and scheduled to be completed within three months counting from the said date.
- (2) The provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 25-2 of the New Law (including the case where the same provisions are applied mutatis mutandis in paragraph (5) of Article 30-2 of the New Law) shall not apply to the work under the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 25-2 which is started before the date prescribed by the provisions of item (ii) of the preceding Article and scheduled to be completed within three months counting from said date.
Article 3.
- (1) The order suspending the commencement of the work and altering the plan for the employer who submitted the notification in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 88 of the Industrial Safety and Health Law before the revision prior to the date of enforcement of the Law (hereinafter referred to as "the date of enforcement") shall be in accordance with the previous examples.
- (2) Regarding the notification of the plan of the work prescribed by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Ordinance on the basis of paragraph (3) of Article 88 of the New Law and scheduled to be started after the passage of 14 to 30 days inclusive counting from the date of enforcement, "30 days" and "Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare" in the said paragraph and "Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare" in paragraph 7 of said Article shall be read as "14 days," "the Chief of the Labor Standards Office," and "the Chief of the Labor Standards Office,", respectively.
- (3) The provisions of paragraph (5) of Article 88 of the New Law shall not apply to the preparation of the plan of the work prescribed by the provisions of the said paragraph and started within three months counting from the date fixed by item (i) of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions.
Article 4.
- The application of penal provisions against action taken before the enforcement of the Law and violation of the ordinance to be treated by the previous examples pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article shall be in accordance with the previous examples.
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 57 as of May 25, 1983)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement )
- This law shall be enforced from the date fixed by Cabinet Order within the period not exceeding three months from the day of promulgation. (The rest is omitted.)
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 56 as of June 8, 1985)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This law shall be enforced from October 1, 1985. (The rest is omitted).
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 37 promulgated on May 17, 1988)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This law shall be enforced from October 1, 1988, provided that the amended provision to add another article next to Article 12, the amended provisions of paragraph (5) and (6) of Article 88, the amended provision of Article 107, the amended provision of paragraph (2) of Article 114, the provision of Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions, the amended provision (limited to the part for amending, "Article 13" to "from ..... to Article 13" and the part for adding "and Article 12-2 to under" paragraph (1) of Article 12) of paragraph (1), Article 45 of the Law for the Proper Operation of the Worker Loan Business and the Establishment of Proper Working Conditions for Loaned Workers (Law No. 88 of 1985) set forth in Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions and the amended provision of paragraph (2) of the same article shall be enforced from April 1, 1989.
Article 2. (Special Case for Application of Article 19-2 of New Law)
- In applying Article 19-2 (including the case applicable pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 45 of the Law for the Proper Operation of the Worker Loan Business and the Establishment of Proper Working Conditions for Loaned Workers) of the amended Industrial Safety and Health Law (hereinafter referred to as the "New Law") during the period from the date of the enforcement of this Law to March 31, 1989, the terms "health supervisor," "safety and health advocate" and "health advocate" in paragraph (1) of Article 19-2 shall be read as "health supervisor."
Article 3. (Interim Measures for License)
- The license granted pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 72 of the Industrial Safety and Health Law before its amendment shall be regarded as being granted pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 72 of the new law.
Article 4. (Interim Measures for Submission of Plan)
- The preparation of the plan for the work, which is designated by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Ordinance according to the provision of paragraph (5), Article 88 of the New Law and to be started before July 1, 1989, need not be subject to the provision of said paragraph.
Article 6. (Interim Measures for Penal Provisions)
- The penal provisions for the illegal conduct committed before the enforcement of this law shall be applied according to the previous examples.
Supplementary Provisions(Extract of Law No. 55 of May 22, 1992)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This Law shall be enforced from October 1, 1992, provided that the provisions of Article 1 (limited to amendments of the index, Article 1, paragraph (1) of Article 3, amendments of Article 28 and Article 64, amendments adding a Chapter after Chapter 7, and the amendments of paragraph (1) of Article 106 of Industrial Safety and Health Law), provisions of Article 2, and provisions from Article 4 to 6 and Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to the part changing "Article 6" for "Article 65" and the part adding, "Article 72-2" after "Article 68" of the amendment provisions in paragraph (3) of Article 45 of the Law for Proper Operation of the Worker Loan Business and Establishment of Proper Working Conditions for the Loaned Workers and also limited to the part changing "paragraph (5) of Article 28" for "paragraph (4) of Article 28" and the part adding, "paragraph (2) of Article 71-3, Article 71-4" after "paragraph (2) of Article 70-2" of the amendments provisions in paragraph (14) of the same Article of the same Law) shall be enforced from July 1, 1992.
Article 2. (Interim Measures for the Partial Amendment of the Industrial Safety and Health Law)
- With respect to planned submissions under the provisions of paragraph (1) (including the case where the provision of paragraph (2) of the same Article shall apply mutatis mutandis) and paragraph (4) of Article 88 of the Industrial Safety and Health Law before the enforcement date of this law, the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 89-2 of the amended Industrial Safety and Health Law (hereinafter referred to as the "New Law") shall not apply.
Article 3.
- The provisions of Article 99-2 and Article 99-3 of the New Law shall apply to industrial accidents that occur on or after the enforcement date of this Law.
Article 6. (Interim Measures for Penal Provisions)
- The application of penal provisions in respect to acts committed prior to the enforcement date of this Law(concerning the provisions in Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, said provisions) shall be made according to previous examples.
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 89 of February 12, 1993)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This Law shall be enforced from the date of enforcement of the Administrative Procedure Law (Law No. 88 of 1993) (October 10, 1994 under the provisions of Cabinet Order 302 of 1994.
Article 2. (Interim Measures for Adverse Outcome of Inquiry)
- Where an application is made to a deliberative council or other parliamentary organ for the granting of a hearing or other statement of opinion under the provisions of Article 13 of the Administrative Procedure Law based on Cabinet Order before the enforcement date of this Law, the procedures for the inquiry concerning the adverse outcome shall be governed by the Law previously in force, notwithstanding the provisions of the relevant laws amended by this Law.
Article 13. (Interim Measures for Penal Provisions)
- The application of penal provisions in respect to acts committed prior to the enforcement date of this Law shall be made according to previous examples.
Article 14. (Interim Measures for Adjustment of Provisions concerning Hearings)
- Hearings and public hearings (excluding those involving an adverse outcome) and the procedures for these carried out under the provisions of the Law before the date of enforcement shall be regarded as having been carried out under the relevant provisions of the relevant Law amended by the provisions of this Law.
Article 15. (Authorization of Cabinet Order)
- In additon to the items provided for in Article 2 to the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, other interim measures for the enforcement of the Law will be as provided for by Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 92 of November 19, 1993)
This Law shall be enforced from the date of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 97 of November 11, 1994)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This Law shall be enforced from the day of promulgation providing that the provisions designated by the following sub-paragraphs shall be enforced from the date specified in the respective sub-paragraph.
- (i) and (ii) Omitted
- (iii) The provisions of Article 40 on a date designated by Cabinet Order not exceeding 2 months from the day of progation (January 1, 1995 under the provisions of Cabinet Order 400 of 1994)
- (iv) Omitted
Article 20. (Interim Measures concerning Penal Provisions)
- The application of penal provisions in respect of acts committed prior to the enforcement date of this Law (concerning the provisions in each sub-paragraph of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, said provisions), and acts committed after the enactment of Article 1, Article 4, Article 8, Article 9, Article 13, Article 27, Article 28, and Article 30 in case that previous examples are applied according to Article 2, Article 4, paragraph (2) of Article 7, Article 8, Article 11, paragraph (2) of Article 12, Article 13, and paragraph (4) of Article 15 of the Supplementary Provisions shall be made according to previous examples.
Article 21. (Delegation to Cabinet Orders)
- Besides the items provided for in Article 2 to the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, other interim measures (including interim measures for penal provisions) for the enforcement of the Law will be as provided for by Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 89 of June 19, 1996)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This Law shall be enforced from October 1, 1996.
Article 2. (Interim Measures for Industrial Physician Requirements)
- Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 13 of the amended Industrial Safety and Health Law under the provisions of this Law, the employer may engage a physician other than one holding the qualifications provided for under the provisions of the said paragraph as an industrial physician during the period before September 30, 1998.
Article 3. (Examination)
- Five years from the enforcement of this Law, the government shall consider the operation of the provisions following the amendments provided for in this Law, conduct investigation of said provisions in view of furthering the maintenance of the health of workers and, where it is deemed necessary, take the necessary measures based on the results of this examination.
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 112 of September 3, 1998)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This Law shall be enforced from April 1, 1999.
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 45 of May 21, 1999)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This Law shall be enforced from April 1, 2000 providing that the provision for amendment to the content of the Industrial Safety and Health Law in Article 1, the amended provisions of sub-paragraph 1 and 2 of paragraph (2) of Article 54-3 and subparagraph (2) of paragraph (2) of Article 54-5 of the same Law, the provision amending the same Article in Chapter 5, Section 2 of the same Law to Article 54-6, and the provision providing for the additon of an Article following Article 54-4 of the same Law shall be enforced by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the day of promulgation.
Article 2. (Interim Measures)
- The application of penal provisions in respect to conduct performed prior to the enforcement date of this Law shall be made according to previous examples.
Article 3. (Examination)
- Five years from the enforcement of this Law, the government shall consider the operation of the provisions of Article 57-2 and Article 101-2 following the amendments provided for in Article 1, conduct investigation of said provisions in view of furthering the maintenance of the health of workers and, where it is deemed necessary, take necessary measures based on the results of this examination.
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 87 of July 16, 1999)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This Law shall be enforced from April 1, 2000 providing that the enforcement date of the provisions covered in the following sub-paragraphs shall be from the date specified by the respective sub-paragraph.
1-6 Omitted
Supplementary Provisions (Law No.151 of December 8, 1999)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This law shall be enforced from April 1, 2000. (The rest is omitted).
Article 4.
- The penal provisions to the illegal conduct committed prior to the enforcement of this law shall be applied according to the previously established procedure.
Supplementary Provisions (Law No.160 of December 22, 1999)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This law (partially omitted) shall be enforced from January 6, 2001. (The rest is omitted).
Supplementary Provisions (Law No.91 of May 31, 2000)
(Date of Enforcement)
(1) This law shall be enforced from the date of the enforcement of the Law amending parts of the commercial law (Law No.90 of 2000).
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 87 of June 29, 2001)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This law shall come into force on the date specified by the Cabinet Order (July 16, 2001, pursuant to Cabinet Order No. 235 of 2001) within a period not exceeding one month from the date of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 153 of December 12, 2001)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This law shall come into force on the date specified by the Cabinet Order (March 1, 2002, pursuant to Cabinet Order No. 3 of 2002) within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation.
Article 35. (Partial Amendment to the Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance Law, Etc.)
- The standard Japanese term meaning “public health nurse” was established that is used in the provisions of the following law.
(ii) paragraph (1), Article 66-7 of the Industrial Safety and Health Law (Law No. 57 of 1972)
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 103 of August 2, 2002)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This law shall come into force on the date specified by the Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding nine months from the date of promulgation. However, the provisions of Article 9 and those of Articles 8 through 19 of the Supplementary Provisions shall come into force on the date specified by the Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation.
Article 18. (Partial Amendment to the Industrial Safety and Health Law)
- The Industrial Safety and Health Law shall be partially amended as follows:
The following article is added following Article 70-2.
Article 70-3. (Consistency with Guidelines on the Implementation, Etc. of Medical Examination)
- “Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Ordinance” specified in paragraph (1) of Article 66, “Guidelines” specified in paragraph (2) of Article 66-5, “Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Ordinance” specified in Article 66-6 and “Guidelines” specified in paragraph (1) of Article 70-2 shall maintain consistency with the Guidelines on the Implementation, Etc. of Medical Examination as stipulated in paragraph (1) of Article 9 of the Health Promotion Law (Law No. 103 of 2002).
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 102 of July 2, 2003)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This law shall come into force on the date specified by the Cabinet Order within the period prior to March 31, 2004. However, the provisions of Article 6 shall come into force on April 1, 2004, and the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 2, paragraph (1) of Article 3, paragraph (1) of Article 4, paragraph (1) of Article 5 and paragraph (1) of Article 6 of Supplementary Provisions shall come into force on the date of promulgation.
Article 5. (Interim Measures for the Partial Amendment of the Industrial Safety and Health Law)
- (1) A person may apply for certification, licensing and/or designation as specified in the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1) of Article 38, paragraph (2) of Article 41, paragraph (1) of Article 44, paragraph (1) of Article 44-2, paragraph (1) of Article 61 and/or paragraph (3) of Article 75 of the Industrial Safety and Health Law after amendment based on this law (hereinafter referred to as the “New Industrial Safety and Health Law”) even before the enforcement of this law. The same shall apply to the notification of service rules pursuant to paragraph (1) of Article 48 of the New Industrial Safety and Health Law (including cases where said provisions are applied mutatis mutandis based on Articles 53-3 through 54-2 and paragraph (3) of Article 77 of the New Industrial Safety and Health Law).
- (2) A person who has already been authorized (hereinafter referred to as the “authorized agency”) at the time of the enforcement of this law pursuant to the provisions of Article 14, item (i) of paragraph (1) of Article 30, paragraph (2) of Article 41, paragraph (1) of Article 44, paragraph (1) of Article 44-2, paragraph (1) of Article 61 and/or paragraph (3) of Article 75 of the Industrial Safety and Health Law before amendment based on this law (hereinafter referred to as the “Old Industrial Safety and Health Law”) shall be regarded as designated respectively pursuant to Article 14, paragraph (1) of Article 38, paragraph (2) of Article 41, paragraph (1) of Article 44, paragraph (1) of Article 44-2, paragraph (1) of Article 61 and/or paragraph (3) of Article 75 of the New Industrial Safety and Health Law.
- (3) In additon to the provisions stipulated in the preceding paragraph, decisions made, procedures taken or other acts conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Old Industrial Safety and Health Law (including orders based on said law) before the enforcement of this law, and for which the New Industrial Safety and Health Law has corresponding provisions, shall be regarded as conducted pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Industrial Safety and Health Law.
- (4) An application for a certificate of an inspection at the time of manufacture, etc., an individual examination, a model examination or a performance inspection as specified in paragraph (1) of Article 39, paragraph (3) of Article 44, paragraph (3) of Article 44-2, or Article 53-2 of the Old Industrial Safety and Health Law that was made before the enforcement of this law, and for which a decision on success or failure has not yet been made at the time of the enforcement of this law, shall be treated pursuant to the previous provisions.
- (5) A skill training course or a practical training course for a person who has not completed such a training course as specified in paragraph (1) of Article 76 or paragraph (1) of Article 77 of the Old Industrial Safety and Health Law at the time of the enforcement of this law shall be treated pursuant to the previous provisions.
- (6) An inspection certificate issued pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 39 of the Old Industrial Safety and Health Law and a model examination certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of Article 44-2 of the Old Industrial Safety and Health Law before the enforcement of this law shall be regarded as issued respectively pursuant to paragraph (1) of Article 39 or paragraph (4) of Article 44-2 of the New Industrial Safety and Health Law.
- (7) A label affixed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of Article 44 or paragraph (5) of Article 44-2 of the Old Industrial Safety and Health Law shall be regarded as a label affixed pursuant to paragraph (4) of Article 44 or paragraph (5) of Article 44-2 of the New Industrial Safety and Health Law.
- (8) If a person is regarded as designated based on the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Article, who, as the authorized agency, has come under either item (i) or item (iii) of paragraph (2) of Article 46 of the Old Industrial Safety and Health Law (including cases where said provisions are applied mutatis mutandis based on Article 53-2, Article 54, paragraph (2) of Article 54-2 and paragraph (2) of Article 77 of the Old Industrial Safety and Health Law) or any item of paragraph (2) of Article 53 of the Old Industrial Safety and Health Law (including cases where said provisions are applied mutatis mutandis based on Article 53-2, Article 54, paragraph (2) of Article 54-2 and paragraph (2) of Article 77 of the Old Industrial Safety and Health Law) before the enforcement of this law, and if the cancellation of such designation as specified in Article 53 of the Old Industrial Safety and Health Law has not been implemented at the time of the enforcement of this law, said person who is regarded as designated shall be regarded as coming under any item of Article 53 of the New Industrial Safety and Health Law (including cases where said provisions are applied mutatis mutandis based on Articles 53-3 through 54-2 and paragraph (3) of Article 77 of the New Industrial Safety and Health Law), and the provisions of Article 53 of the New Industrial Safety and Health Law shall apply to said person.
Article 6. (Interim Measures for the Partial Amendment of the Working Environment Measurement Law)
- (1) A person who desires to be designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 or paragraph (1) of Article 44 of the Working Environment Measurement Law after amendment based on this law (hereinafter referred to as the “New Working Environment Measurement Law”) may apply for such designation even before the enforcement of this law. The same shall apply to the notification of service rules pursuant to paragraph (1) of Article 48 of the New Industrial Safety and Health Law that is applied mutatis mutandis based on paragraph (3) of Article 32 of the New Working Environment Measurement Law.
- (2) A person who has already been authorized (hereinafter referred to as the “authorized agency”) at the time of the enforcement of this law pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 and/or paragraph (1) of Article 44 of the Working Environment Measurement Law before amendment based on this law (hereinafter referred to as the “Old Working Environment Measurement Law”) shall be regarded as designated respectively pursuant to Article 5 and/or paragraph (1) of Article 44 of the New Working Environment Measurement Law.
- (3) In additon to the provisions stipulated in the preceding paragraph, decisions made, procedures taken or other acts conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Old Working Environment Measurement Law (including orders based on said law) before the enforcement of this law, and for which the New Working Environment Measurement Law has corresponding provisions, shall be regarded as conducted pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Working Environment Measurement Law.
- (4) A training course for a person who has not completed such a training course as specified in Article 5 and/or paragraph (1) of Article 44 of the Old Working Environment Measurement Law at the time of the enforcement of this law shall be treated pursuant to the previous provisions.
- (5) If a person is regarded as designated based on the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Article, who, as the authorized agency, has come under any of item (i) or item (iii) of paragraph (2) of Article 46 or any item of paragraph (2) of Article 53 of the Old Industrial Safety and Health Law that is applied mutatis mutandis based on paragraph (2) of Article 32 of the Old Working Environment Measurement Law before the enforcement of this law, and if the cancellation of such designation as specified in Article 53 of the Old Industrial Safety and Health Law that is applied mutatis mutandis based on paragraph (2) of Article 32 of the Old Working Environment Measurement Law has not been implemented at the time of the enforcement of this law, said person who is regarded as designated shall be regarded as coming under any item of Article 53 of the New Industrial Safety and Health Law that is applied mutatis mutandis based on paragraph (3) of Article 32 of the New Working Environment Measurement Law and the provisions of Article 53 of the New Industrial Safety and Health Law that is applied mutatis mutandis based on paragraph (3) of Article 32 of the New Working Environment Measurement Law shall apply to said person.
Article 7. (Interim Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions)
- The penal provisions shall be applied pursuant to the previous provisions with respect to acts committed before the enforcement of this law and acts committed after the enforcement of this law in cases where the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions specify that the previous provisions shall apply.
Article 8. (Delegation of Authority to Cabinet Orders for Other Interim Measures)
- Besides those stipulated in Article 2 through the preceding Article of these Supplementary Provisions, the interim measures (including those concerning penal provisions) that are necessary relative to the enforcement of this law shall be stipulated by Cabinet Orders.
Article 9. (Reviews)
- Five years after the enforcement of this law, the government shall review the provisions of this law if the government considers it necessary in view of the implementation status of this law, and shall take necessary measures based on the results of such reviews.
Article 10. (Partial Amendment to the Law for Securing the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatch Undertakings and Improved Working Conditions for Dispatched Workers)
- The Law for Securing the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatch Undertakings and Improved Working Conditions for Dispatched Workers (Law No. 88 of 1985) shall be partially amended as follows:
Among the provisions of paragraph (16 )of Article 45, the phrase “the phrase ‘the provisions of this law or orders based on this law’ stipulated in paragraph (2) of Article 51 of said law shall read ‘the provisions of this law or orders based on this law (including cases where these provisions are applied based on Article 45 of the Worker Dispatch Law), the provisions of paragraph (6), (10) or (11) of said Article or orders based on these provisions’” shall be deleted.
Supplementary Provisions (Law No. 150 of December 1, 2004)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This law shall come into force on April 1, 2005.
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 108 of November 2, 2005)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This law shall come into force on April 1, 2006. However, the provisions stipulated in each of the following items shall come into force on the date specified in each relevant item.
- (i) In Article 1, the amended provisions of the table of contents of the Industrial Safety and Health Law, the amended provisions of the title of Chapter V of said law, the amended provisions of the title of Section 2 of said Chapter, the amended provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 57 of said law, and the amended provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 57-2 of said law: December 1, 2006
- (ii) In Article 4, the amended provisions to delete Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Law Concerning Temporary Measures for the Promotion of Shorter Working Hours and to delete the title and of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions of said law, and the provisions of Article 12 of the Supplementary Provisions: The date of promulgation
Article 2. (Exceptional Provisions Concerning the Application of Article 66-8, Etc. of the New Industrial Safety and Health Law)
- With respect to the application of the provisions of Articles 66-8 and 66-9 of the Industrial Safety and Health Law after amendment based on the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the “New Industrial Safety and Health Law”) for the period between the date of enforcement of this law (hereinafter referred to as the “date of enforcement”) and March 31, 2008, the phrase “the employer shall” stipulated in paragraph (1) of Article 66-8 and Article 66-9 of the New Industrial Safety and Health Law shall read “the employer shall, if the scale of the workplace corresponds to the scale defined by Cabinet Order as stipulated in paragraph (1) of Article 13.”
Article 3. (Interim Measures for the Partial Amendment of the Industrial Safety and Health Law)
- A skill training course or a practical training course for a person who started to take, but has not completed such a training course, as stipulated in paragraph (4) of Article 75 or paragraph (1) of Article 76 of the Industrial Safety and Health Law before amendment based on Article 1, on the date of the enforcement shall be treated pursuant to the previous provisions.
Article 11. (Interim Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions)
- The penal provisions shall be applied pursuant to the previous provisions with respect to the acts committed before the enforcement of this law (the relevant provisions with respect to the provisions listed in item (i) of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions) and the acts committed after the enforcement of this law in cases where the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions specify that the previous provisions shall apply.
Article 12. (Delegation of Authority to Cabinet Orders for Other Interim Measures)
- Besides those stipulated in Article 2 through the preceding Article of these Supplementary Provisions, the interim measures (including those concerning penal provisions) that are necessary relative to the enforcement of this law shall be stipulated by Cabinet Orders.
Article 13. (Reviews)
- Five years after the enforcement of this law, the government shall review the provisions of the New Industrial Safety and Health Law if the government considers it necessary in view of the implementation status of said law, and shall take necessary measures based on the results of such reviews.
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 10 of March 31, 2006)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This law shall come into force on April 1, 2006.
Article 188. (Partial Amendment to the Industrial Safety and Health Law)
- The Industrial Safety and Health Law (Law No. 57 of 1972) shall be partially amended as follows: item (vii)-3, paragraph (1) of Article 112 shall be deleted.
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 25 of March 31, 2006)
Article 1. (Date of Enforcement)
- This law shall come into force on April 1, 2006. However, the provisions of paragraph (2) and (3) of Article 9 and Article 12 of the Supplementary Provisions shall come into force on the date of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions (Extract of Law No. 50 of June 2, 2006)
(Date of Enforcement)
- (1) This law shall come into force on the date that the Law Concerning General Associations and Foundations becomes effective.
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