# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第四十七条 (Article 47)

- 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: 第四十七条 (Article 47)（設計審査等の義務等） — address `art-47`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-47
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-47
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### 第四十七条（設計審査等の義務等） — Obligation to Conduct Design Reviews or Post-Manufacturing Inspections, etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-47</sup>

  **第一項**  登録設計審査等機関は、設計審査等を行うべきことを求められたときは、正当な理由がある場合を除き、遅滞なく、設計審査等を行わなければならない。
  <sup>art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-47/par-1</sup>
  If requested to conduct a design review or post-manufacturing inspection, a registered agency for design reviews and post-manufacturing inspections must conduct a design review or post-manufacturing inspection without delay unless it has a legitimate reason not to do so.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  登録設計審査等機関は、設計審査を行うときは審査員にこれを実施させ、製造時等検査を行うときは検査員にこれを実施させなければならない。
  <sup>art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-47/par-2</sup>
  A registered agency for design reviews and post-manufacturing inspections must, in conducting design reviews, have these implemented by reviewers, and, in conducting post-manufacturing inspections, have these implemented by inspectors.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  登録設計審査等機関は、第三十七条第二項の基準のうち構造に係る部分及び厚生労働大臣が定める方法に従つて、かつ、公正に設計審査等を行わなければならない。
  <sup>art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-47/par-3</sup>
  A registered agency for design reviews and post-manufacturing inspections must conduct design reviews or post-manufacturing inspections fairly and in accordance with the part of the standards referred to in paragraph (2) of Article 37 that relates to construction and the methods specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第四項**  登録設計審査等機関は、製造時等検査を行うときは、製造時等検査の検査方法から生ずる危険を防止するために必要な措置として厚生労働省令で定める措置を講じなければならない。
  <sup>art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-47/par-4</sup>
  When conducting post-manufacturing inspections, a registered agency for design reviews and post-manufacturing inspections must take measures that Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribes as the necessary measures to prevent danger from arising from an inspection method in a post-manufacturing inspection.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-47/par-3: 第三十七条第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十七条第二項 (Article 37, paragraph (2)), art-37/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-37/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 労働安全衛生法 第五十二条の二第一項（改善命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-52-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-52-2/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第五十三条第一項第二号（登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-53/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-53/par-1/item-2
- 労働安全衛生法 第五十三条の三第一項（登録性能検査機関） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-53-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-53-3/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第五十四条第一項（登録個別検定機関） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-54/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第五十四条の二第一項（登録型式検定機関） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-54-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-54-2/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第七十七条第三項（登録教習機関） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-77/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-77/par-3

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## Sources

- 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
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch industrial-safety-and-health-act-20261017T185616-003, 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
