# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第三十条の三 (Article 30-3)

- Law: 労働安全衛生法 (Industrial Safety and Health Act), 昭和四十七年法律第五十七号
- English title "Industrial Safety and Health Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第三十条の三 (Article 30-3) — address `art-30-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第三十条の三
<sup>art-30-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3</sup>

**第一項**  第二十五条の二第一項に規定する仕事が数次の請負契約によつて行われる場合（第四項の場合を除く。）においては、元方事業者は、当該場所において当該仕事の作業に従事する全ての作業従事者に関し、同条第一項各号の措置を講じなければならない。この場合においては、当該元方事業者及び当該元方事業者以外の事業者については、同項の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>art-30-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-1</sup>
If a job as prescribed in paragraph (1) of Article 25-2 is carried out based on multiple levels of contracts (other than in a case as referred to in paragraph (4)), the principal employer must take the measures set forth in each item of paragraph (1) of that Article for all persons engaged in work on that job at the relevant site; in this case, the provisions of that paragraph do not apply to the principal employer and employers other than the principal employer.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第三十条第二項の規定は、第二十五条の二第一項に規定する仕事の発注者について準用する。この場合において、第三十条第二項中「特定元方事業者」とあるのは「元方事業者」と、「特定事業の仕事を二以上」とあるのは「仕事を二以上」と、「前項に規定する措置」とあるのは「第二十五条の二第一項各号の措置」と、「特定事業の仕事の全部」とあるのは「仕事の全部」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-30-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-2</sup>
The provisions of paragraph (2) of the Article 30 apply mutatis mutandis to the original orderer of a job prescribed in paragraph (1) of Article 25-2. In such a case, the phrases "the specified principal employer", "a job involved in a specified undertaking", "the measures provided for in the preceding paragraph", and "all of the jobs involved in a specified undertaking", each in paragraph (2) of the Article 30, are deemed to be replaced with "the principal employer", "a job", "the measures provided for in each item of paragraph (1) of Article 25-2", and "all of the jobs", respectively.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of paragraph (2) of the Article 30 apply mutatis mutandis to the original orderer of a job prescribed in paragraph (1) of Article 25-2. In such a case, the phrases "the specified principal employer", "a job involved in a specified undertaking", "the measures provided for in the preceding paragraph", and "all of the jobs invloved in a specified undertaking", each in paragraph (2) of the Article 30, are deemed to be replaced with "the principal employer", "a job", "the measures provided for in each item of paragraph (1) of Article 25-2", and "all of the jobs", respectively." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb</sup>

**第三項**  前項において準用する第三十条第二項の規定による指名がされないときは、同項の指名は、労働基準監督署長がする。
<sup>art-30-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-3</sup>
If a designation under the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 30 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph is not made, the Chief of the Labour Standard Inspection Offices makes the designation referred to in that paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  第二項において準用する第三十条第二項又は前項の規定による指名がされたときは、当該指名された事業者は、当該場所において当該仕事の作業に従事する全ての作業従事者に関し、第二十五条の二第一項各号の措置を講じなければならない。この場合においては、当該指名された事業者及び当該指名された事業者以外の事業者については、同項の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>art-30-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-4</sup>
When a designation under the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 30 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) or under the preceding paragraph is made, the designated employer must take the measures set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of Article 25-2 for all persons engaged in work on the jobs at that site; in such a case, the provisions of that paragraph do not apply to the designated employer and employers other than the designated employer.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第五項**  第二十五条の二第二項の規定は、第一項に規定する元方事業者及び前項の指名された事業者について準用する。この場合においては、当該元方事業者及び当該指名された事業者並びに当該元方事業者及び当該指名された事業者以外の事業者については、同条第二項の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>art-30-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-5</sup>
The provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 25-2 apply mutatis mutandis to the principal employer prescribed by paragraph (1) and to the designated employer referred to in the preceding paragraph. In such a case, the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article do not apply to the principal employer and the designated employer, and employers other than those employers.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-30-3/par-1: 第二十五条の二第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十五条の二第一項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (1)), art-25-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-25-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-25-2/par-1
- art-30-3/par-1: 第四項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の三第四項 (Article 30-3, paragraph (4)), art-30-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-4
- art-30-3/par-2: 第三十条第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第二項 (Article 30, paragraph (2)), art-30/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-2
- art-30-3/par-2: 第二十五条の二第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十五条の二第一項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (1)), art-25-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-25-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-25-2/par-1
- art-30-3/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-1
- art-30-3/par-3: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の三第二項 (Article 30-3, paragraph (2)), art-30-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-2
- art-30-3/par-3: 第三十条第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第二項 (Article 30, paragraph (2)), art-30/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-2
- art-30-3/par-4: 第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の三第二項 (Article 30-3, paragraph (2)), art-30-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-2
- art-30-3/par-4: 第三十条第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第二項 (Article 30, paragraph (2)), art-30/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-2
- art-30-3/par-4: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の三第三項 (Article 30-3, paragraph (3)), art-30-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-3
- art-30-3/par-4: 第二十五条の二第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十五条の二第一項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (1)), art-25-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-25-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-25-2/par-1
- art-30-3/par-5: 第二十五条の二第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十五条の二第二項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (2)), art-25-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-25-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-25-2/par-2
- art-30-3/par-5: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の三第一項 (Article 30-3, paragraph (1)), art-30-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-1
- art-30-3/par-5: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の三第四項 (Article 30-3, paragraph (4)), art-30-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-4

## Cited by

13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第四項（統括安全衛生責任者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15/par-4
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-3
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の三第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-4
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の三第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-5
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十二条第三項（請負人の講ずべき措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-32/par-3
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十二条第六項（請負人の講ずべき措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-32/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-32/par-6
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十二条第七項（請負人の講ずべき措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-32/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-32/par-7
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十六条第一項（厚生労働省令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-36/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第九十八条第一項（使用停止命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-98/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第百十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-119/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-119/par-1/item-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第百二十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-120/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-120/par-1/item-1
- 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十五条第三項（労働安全衛生法の適用に関する特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-3

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-18
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働安全衛生法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/347AC0000000057/20261001_507AC0000000033), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act (労働安全衛生法), Article 30-3, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch industrial-safety-and-health-act-20261017T185616-001, translated 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
