# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第九十六条 (Article 96) - 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: 第九十六条 (Article 96)（厚生労働大臣等の権限） — address `art-96` - 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-96 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九十六条（厚生労働大臣等の権限） — (Authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、型式検定に合格した型式の機械等の構造並びに当該機械等を製造し、及び検査する設備等に関し労働者の安全と健康を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、その職員をして当該型式検定を受けた者の事業場又は当該型式検定に係る機械等若しくは設備等の所在すると認める場所に立ち入り、関係者に質問させ、又は当該機械等若しくは設備等その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96/par-1 On finding it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure safety and health of the workers with regard to the structure of machinery or other such equipment of the type for which the relevant person has passed a type examination and equipment used to manufacture and inspect that machinery or other such equipment, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may have the relevant officials enter the workplace of the person that has undergone the type examination or the place where the machinery or other such equipment or facilities or other things connected to the type examination are found to be located, question persons concerned, and inspect machinery or other such equipment, facilities or other things, and other articles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、コンサルタントの業務の適正な運営を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、その職員をしてコンサルタントの事務所に立ち入り、関係者に質問させ、又はその業務に関係のある帳簿若しくは書類（その作成、備付け又は保存に代えて電磁的記録の作成、備付け又は保存がされている場合における当該電磁的記録を含む。）を検査させることができる。 art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96/par-2 On finding it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the proper operation of the services of consultants, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may have relevant officials enter the office of a consultant, question persons concerned, and inspect books and documents (including electronic and magnetic records, if the relevant data are prepared, provided, and kept as electronic or magnetic records instead of the books or documents) related to the consultant's services. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣又は都道府県労働局長は、登録設計審査等機関、登録性能検査機関、登録個別検定機関、登録型式検定機関、検査業者、指定試験機関、登録教習機関、指定コンサルタント試験機関又は指定登録機関（外国登録設計審査等機関、外国登録性能検査機関、外国登録個別検定機関及び外国登録型式検定機関（第百二十三条第一号において「外国登録設計審査等機関等」という。）を除く。）（以下「登録設計審査等機関等」という。）の業務の適正な運営を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、その職員をしてこれらの事務所に立ち入り、関係者に質問させ、又はその業務に関係のある帳簿、書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96/par-3 On finding it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the proper operation of the services of a registered agency for design reviews and post-manufacturing inspections, registered agency for performance inspections, registered agency for individual examinations, registered agency for type examinations, registered inspection agency, designated examination board, registered training institution, designated consultant examination board, or designated registration institution (excluding a foreign registered agency for design reviews and post-manufacturing inspections, foreign registered agency for performance inspections, foreign registered agency for individual examinations, or foreign registered agency for type examinations (referred to as "foreign registered agency for inspections or examinations" in item (i) of Article 123)) (hereinafter referred to as a "registered agency or other prescribed organization"), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau may have relevant officials enter its office, question the persons concerned, and inspect books, documents, and other articles related to its services. machine translation, not official **第四項** 都道府県労働局長は、労働衛生指導医を前条第二項の規定による事務に参画させるため必要があると認めるときは、当該労働衛生指導医をして事業場に立ち入り、関係者に質問させ、又は作業環境測定若しくは健康診断の結果の記録その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-96/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96/par-4 On finding it to be necessary to do so in order to have a senior industrial health physician participate in the administrative functions under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau may have the senior industrial health physician enter the workplace, question the persons concerned or inspect the record of work environment monitoring or medical checkup results and other articles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第九十一条第三項及び第四項の規定は、前各項の規定による立入検査について準用する。 art-96/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96/par-5 The provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of Article 91 apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to respect to on-site inspections under the provisions of the preceding four paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-96/par-3: 第百二十三条第一号 → 労働安全衛生法 第百二十三条第一項第一号 (Article 123, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-123/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-123/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-123/par-1/item-1 - art-96/par-4: 前条第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十五条第二項 (Article 95, paragraph (2)), art-95/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-95/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-95/par-2 - art-96/par-5: 第九十一条第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十一条第三項 (Article 91, paragraph (3)), art-91/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-91/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-91/par-3 - art-96/par-5: 第四項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十一条第四項 (Article 91, paragraph (4)), art-91/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-91/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-91/par-4 - art-96/par-5: 前各項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十六条第一項 (Article 96, paragraph (1)), art-96/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96/par-1 - art-96/par-5: 前各項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十六条第二項 (Article 96, paragraph (2)), art-96/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96/par-2 - art-96/par-5: 前各項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十六条第三項 (Article 96, paragraph (3)), art-96/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96/par-3 - art-96/par-5: 前各項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十六条第四項 (Article 96, paragraph (4)), art-96/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96/par-4 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第九十六条第五項（厚生労働大臣等の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96/par-5 - 労働安全衛生法 第百二十条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-120/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-120/par-1/item-4 - 労働安全衛生法 第百二十一条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-121/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-121/par-1/item-3 --- ## 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-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch industrial-safety-and-health-act-20261017T182624-005, 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