職業能力開発促進法（昭和四十四年法律第六十四号）第二十四条第一項（同法第二十七条の二第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の認定を受けて行う職業訓練を受ける労働者について必要がある場合においては、その必要の限度で、第十四条第一項の契約期間、第六十二条及び第六十四条の三の年少者及び妊産婦等の危険有害業務の就業制限、第六十三条の年少者の坑内労働の禁止並びに第六十四条の二の妊産婦等の坑内業務の就業制限に関する規定について、厚生労働省令で別段の定めをすることができる。ただし、第六十三条の年少者の坑内労働の禁止に関する規定については、満十六歳に満たない者に関しては、この限りでない。
If it is necessary for a worker receiving vocational training which has received recognition as provided for in Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Vocational Ability Development and Promotion Law (Act No. 64 of 1969) (including as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 27-2, paragraph (2) of that Act), the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1) concerning the contract period, the provisions of Articles 62 concerning restrictions on dangerous and hazardous operations for minors, the provisions of Article 64-3 concerning restrictions on dangerous and hazardous operations for expectant and postpartum mothers and others, the provisions of Article 63 concerning the ban on belowground labor by minors, and the provisions of Article 64-2 concerning limitations on belowground work by expectant and postpartum mothers may be otherwise provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to the extent that this is necessary; provided, however, that with respect to the ban on belowground labor by minors referred to in Article 63, this does not apply to persons under 16 years of age.