Article 57-2Delivery of Documents

①A person that transfers or provides a substance specified by Cabinet Order that could put a worker in danger or cause impairments of worker's health, or the substances referred to in the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 56 (hereinafter in this Article and paragraph (1) of the following Article referred to as the "substance subject to notice") (such a person is referred to as a "transferor or provider of a substance subject to notice" in the following paragraph, paragraphs (3) and (9), and paragraph (1) of Article 100), must notify the person to which the substance subject to notice is to be transferred or provided of the following particulars (excluding the particulars prescribed in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article for a person prescribed in the provisions of that paragraph) through the delivery of a document or by any other means that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; provided, however, that this does not apply to the transfer or provision of a substance subject to notice intended primarily for ordinary use by general consumers:

②If it becomes necessary for a transferor or provider of a substance subject to notice to change something about which it has provided notice pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the person must endeavor to promptly notify the other parties to which it has transferred or provided the relevant substance of all the things referred to in the items of that paragraph after the change, through the delivery of a document or by any other means specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

③If the information on an ingredient referred to in item (ii) of paragraph (1) concerning a substance subject to notice (limited to an ingredient that is a chemical substance specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in consideration of the degree of the risk of danger or health impairment to workers) is information on a product that is managed as a secret or other information useful for business activities that is not publicly known, a transferor or provider of a substance subject to notice may, after clearly indicating that fact in advance to the person to which the substance subject to notice is to be transferred or provided, determine a chemical name in which part of the characters representing the structure or constituent elements of the ingredient in the chemical name of that ingredient has been omitted or replaced, or the particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as an "alternative chemical name, etc."), and give notice of it in lieu of the notice under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs.

④A person that has given notice of an alternative chemical name, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (referred to as a "person notifying an alternative chemical name, etc." in the following paragraph and paragraph (4) of Article 103) must, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, record the ingredients of the substance subject to notice to which that notice pertains, the alternative chemical name, etc. that it has notified, and other particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

⑤If health impairments have occurred or are likely to occur due to a substance subject to notice, and it is necessary for diagnosis or treatment by a physician or any other act specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a person notifying an alternative chemical name, etc. must, at the request of that physician, disclose the information on the ingredients of that substance subject to notice to that physician, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

⑥When transferring or providing a substance subject to notice, a person that has been notified of an alternative chemical name, etc. for an ingredient of that substance subject to notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) may, after clearly indicating in advance to the person to which the substance subject to notice is to be transferred or provided that it has been notified of an alternative chemical name, etc. for the ingredient of that substance subject to notice, give notice of the alternative chemical name, etc. in lieu of the notice under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2). The same applies to a person that has been notified of an alternative chemical name, etc. pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph.

⑦Beyond what is provided for in the preceding six paragraphs, Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides for the necessary particulars in connection with notices as referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2).

⑧The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to release the necessary guidelines to ensure the appropriate and effective implementation of notices of alternative chemical names, etc. under paragraphs (3) and (6).

⑨The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide the necessary guidance to a transferor or provider of a substance subject to notice in accordance with the guidelines referred to in the preceding paragraph.