# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第七十五条の十二 (Article 75-12)

- 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: 第七十五条の十二 (Article 75-12)（都道府県労働局長による免許試験の実施） — address `art-75-12`
- 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-75-12
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### 第七十五条の十二（都道府県労働局長による免許試験の実施） — (Implementation of Licensing Examinations by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-75-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-12</sup>

**第一項**  都道府県労働局長は、指定試験機関が第七十五条の十の規定による厚生労働大臣の許可を受けて試験事務の全部若しくは一部を休止したとき、前条第二項の規定により厚生労働大臣が指定試験機関に対し試験事務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命じたとき、又は指定試験機関が天災その他の事由により試験事務の全部若しくは一部を実施することが困難となつた場合において必要があると認めるときは、当該試験事務の全部若しくは一部を自ら行うものとする。
<sup>art-75-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-12/par-1</sup>
If the designated examination board has suspended all or part of exam administration with permission from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under the provisions of Article 75-10; if the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has ordered the designated examination board to suspend all or part of exam administration pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article; or if the designated examination board has had trouble carrying out all or part of the exam administration due to a natural disaster or other such cause, on finding that it is necessary to do so, the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau is directly to take on all or part of exam administration.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  都道府県労働局長が前項の規定により試験事務を自ら行う場合、指定試験機関が第七十五条の十の規定による厚生労働大臣の許可を受けて試験事務の全部若しくは一部を廃止する場合、又は前条の規定により厚生労働大臣が指定試験機関の指定を取り消した場合における試験事務の引継ぎその他の必要な事項については、厚生労働省令で定める。
<sup>art-75-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-12/par-2</sup>
Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides for the undertaking of exam administration and other necessary particulars for if the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau directly carries out exam administration pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph; the designated examination board discontinues all or part of its exam administration with the permission of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under the provisions of Article 75-10; or the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare rescinds the designation of the designated examination board pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-75-12/par-1: 第七十五条の十 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十五条の十 (Article 75-10), art-75-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-10
- art-75-12/par-1: 前条第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十五条の十一第二項 (Article 75-11, paragraph (2)), art-75-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-11/par-2
- art-75-12/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十五条の十二第一項 (Article 75-12, paragraph (1)), art-75-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-12/par-1
- art-75-12/par-2: 第七十五条の十 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十五条の十 (Article 75-10), art-75-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-10
- art-75-12/par-2: 前条 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十五条の十一 (Article 75-11), art-75-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-11

## Cited by

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

- 労働安全衛生法 第七十五条の二第二項（指定試験機関の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-2/par-2
- 労働安全衛生法 第七十五条の十二第二項（都道府県労働局長による免許試験の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-12/par-2
- 労働安全衛生法 第八十三条の三第一項（指定コンサルタント試験機関の指定等についての準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-83-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-83-3/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第八十五条の三第一項（指定登録機関の指定等についての準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-85-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-85-3/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第百十二条の二第一項第十一号（公示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-112-2/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-112-2/par-1/item-11

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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
- This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
