# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第百六十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 161)

- 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: 第百六十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 161)（不服申立てに関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4111-87/art-161`
- 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-4111-87/art-161
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### 第百六十一条（不服申立てに関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Appeal)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4111-87/art-161 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4111-87/art-161 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4111-87/art-161</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前にされた国等の事務に係る処分であって、当該処分をした行政庁（以下この条において「処分庁」という。）に施行日前に行政不服審査法に規定する上級行政庁（以下この条において「上級行政庁」という。）があったものについての同法による不服申立てについては、施行日以後においても、当該処分庁に引き続き上級行政庁があるものとみなして、行政不服審査法の規定を適用する。この場合において、当該処分庁の上級行政庁とみなされる行政庁は、施行日前に当該処分庁の上級行政庁であった行政庁とする。
<sup>suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-1</sup>
For an appeal under the Administrative Appeal Act against a disposition that has been undertaken, before the effective date and in connection with the administrative functions of the national government or another public organization, by an administrative agency (hereinafter referred to in this Article as an "issuing agency") that answered to a higher administrative agency as prescribed in that Act (hereafter in this Article referred to as the "higher administrative agency") before the effective date, the issuing agency is deemed to continue to answer to a higher administrative agency even after the effective date, and the provisions of the Administrative Appeal Act apply. In such a case, the agency deemed to be the higher administrative agency to which the issuing agency answers is that to which it answered before the effective date.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の場合において、上級行政庁とみなされる行政庁が地方公共団体の機関であるときは、当該機関が行政不服審査法の規定により処理することとされる事務は、新地方自治法第二条第九項第一号に規定する第一号法定受託事務とする。
<sup>suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-2</sup>
In cases as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the administrative agency that is deemed to be the higher administrative agency is a local government organ, the administrative functions to be handled by that organ pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Appeal Act constitute item (i) statutorily entrusted functions as prescribed in item (i) of paragraph (9) of Article 2 of the new Local Autonomy Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-1: この条 → 労働安全衛生法 附則第百六十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 161), suppl-4111-87/art-161 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4111-87/art-161 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4111-87/art-161
- suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 附則第百六十一条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 161, paragraph (1)), suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 労働安全衛生法 附則第百五十九条第一項（国等の事務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4111-87/art-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4111-87/art-159/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 附則第百六十一条第一項（不服申立てに関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 附則第百六十一条第二項（不服申立てに関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-2

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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
