# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) - 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（指針に関する準備行為） — address `suppl-5071-33/art-4` - 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-5071-33/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-5071-33/art-4 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四条（指針に関する準備行為） — Preparatory Actions Concerning Guidelines caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5071-33/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-5071-33/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-5071-33/art-4 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、施行日前においても、新労働安全衛生法第五十七条の二第八項の規定の例により、代替化学名等の通知の適切かつ有効な実施を図るため必要な指針を、又は新労働安全衛生法第六十二条の二第二項の規定の例により、事業者が講ずべき措置に関してその適切かつ有効な実施を図るため必要な指針を、それぞれ定め、公表することができる。 suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-1 Even before the effective date, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may establish and release the guidelines necessary to ensure the appropriate and effective implementation of notices of alternative chemical names, etc. in the manner provided in the provisions of paragraph (8) of Article 57-2 of the new Industrial Safety and Health Act, or the guidelines necessary to ensure the appropriate and effective implementation of the measures that employers are to take in the manner provided in the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 62-2 of the new Industrial Safety and Health Act, respectively. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定により定められ、公表された指針は、施行日においてそれぞれ新労働安全衛生法第五十七条の二第八項又は第六十二条の二第二項の規定により定められ、公表されたものとみなす。 suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-2 The guidelines established and released pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are deemed to have been established and released on the effective date pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (8) of Article 57-2 or paragraph (2) of Article 62-2 of the new Industrial Safety and Health Act, respectively. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-1: 新労働安全衛生法第五十七条の二第八項 → 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の二第八項 (Article 57-2, paragraph (8)), art-57-2/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-2/par-8 - suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-1: 新労働安全衛生法第六十二条の二第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第六十二条の二第二項 (Article 62-2, paragraph (2)), art-62-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-62-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-62-2/par-2 - suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 附則第四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)), suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-1 - suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-2: 新労働安全衛生法第五十七条の二第八項 → 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の二第八項 (Article 57-2, paragraph (8)), art-57-2/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-2/par-8 - suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-2: 第六十二条の二第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第六十二条の二第二項 (Article 62-2, paragraph (2)), art-62-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-62-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-62-2/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-5071-33/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-5071-33/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 労働安全衛生法 附則第四条第二項（指針に関する準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-5071-33/art-4/par-2 --- ## 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-20261017T185616-006, 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