# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3631-37`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-3631-37
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-3631-37
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## 附　則 昭和六三年五月一七日法律第三七号
<sup>suppl-3631-37 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-3631-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-3631-37</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-3631-37/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-3631-37/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-3631-37/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、昭和六十三年十月一日から施行する。ただし、第十二条の次に一条を加える改正規定、第八十八条第五項及び第六項の改正規定、第百七条の改正規定、第百十四条第二項の改正規定並びに附則第四条の規定並びに附則第五条中労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の就業条件の整備等に関する法律（昭和六十年法律第八十八号）第四十五条第一項の改正規定（「、第十三条」を「から第十三条まで」に改める部分及び「第十二条第一項」の下に「及び第十二条の二」を加える部分に限る。）及び同条第二項の改正規定は、昭和六十四年四月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3631-37/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-3631-37/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-3631-37/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of October 1, 1988; provided, however that the amended provisions adding one Article following Article 12, the amended provisions of paragraph (5) and (6) of Article 88, the amended provisions of Article 107, the amended provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 114, the provisions of Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions, the amended provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 45 of the Act on Securing the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Undertakings and Improved Working Conditions for Dispatched Workers (Act No. 88 of 1985) referred to in Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to the part for amending ", Article 13" to "through Article 13" and the part for adding "and Article 12-2" after "paragraph (1) of Article 12") and the amended provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article come into effect as of April 1, 1989.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "This Act comes into effect as of October 1, 1988; provided, however that the amended provisions adding one Article following Article 12, the amended provisions of paragraph (5) and (6) of Article 88, the amended provisions of Article 107, the amended provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 114, the provisions of Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions, the amended provisions (limited to the part for amending, "Article 13" to "from ..... to Article 13" and the part for adding "and Article 12-2 to under" paragraph (1) of Article 12) of paragraph (1), Act on Securing the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Undertakings and Improved Working Conditions for Dispatched Workers (Act No. 88 of 1985) referred to in Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions and the amended provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article come into effect as of April 1, 1989." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb</sup>

### 第二条（新法第十九条の二の適用に関する特例） — (Special Provisions on the Application of Article 19-2 of the New Act)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-3631-37/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-3631-37/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-3631-37/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の日から昭和六十四年三月三十一日までの間における改正後の労働安全衛生法（以下「新法」という。）第十九条の二の規定の適用（労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の就業条件の整備等に関する法律第四十五条第一項の規定により適用される場合を含む。）については、新法第十九条の二第一項中「衛生管理者、安全衛生推進者、衛生推進者」とあるのは、「衛生管理者」とする。
<sup>suppl-3631-37/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-3631-37/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-3631-37/art-2/par-1</sup>
In applying Article 19-2 (including cases applicable pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 45 of the Act on Securing the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Undertakings and Improved Working Conditions for Dispatched Workers) of the amended Industrial Safety and Health Act (hereinafter referred to as the "new Act") during the period from the effective date of this Act to March 31, 1989, the terms "health supervisor", "safety and health advocate", and "health advocate" in paragraph (1) of Article 19-2 are deemed to be replaced with by "health supervisor".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第三条（免許に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Licenses)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-3631-37/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-3631-37/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-3631-37/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前に改正前の労働安全衛生法第七十二条第一項の規定によりされた免許は、新法第七十二条第一項の規定によりされた免許とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3631-37/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-3631-37/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-3631-37/art-3/par-1</sup>
A license granted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 72 of the Industrial Safety and Health Act before its amendment is deemed to have been granted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 72 of the new Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第四条（計画の届出に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Notification of Plans)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-3631-37/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-3631-37/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-3631-37/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  昭和六十四年七月一日前に開始される新法第八十八条第五項に規定する労働省令で定める工事の計画の作成については、同項の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-3631-37/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-3631-37/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-3631-37/art-4/par-1</sup>
The provisions of paragraph (5) of Article 88 of the new Act to not apply to the preparation of a plan for the construction work specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed in that paragraph which is commenced before July 1, 1989.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第六条（罰則に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-3631-37/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-3631-37/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-3631-37/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3631-37/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-3631-37/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-3631-37/art-6/par-1</sup>
Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct in which a person has engaged before the entry into effect of this Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3631-37/art-1/par-1: 附則第四条 → 労働安全衛生法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-3631-37/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-3631-37/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-3631-37/art-4

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働安全衛生法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-3631-37/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-3631-37/art-1/par-1

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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), Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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
