MHLW Ordinance Amending Rules on Dust Hazard Prevention (Under Labor Safety/Work Environment Measurement Law Amendments)
労働安全衛生法及び作業環境測定法の一部を改正する法律の一部の施行に伴う厚生労働省関係省令の整備等に関する省令
Published: 2026-07-29 · Source: e-Gov Law Search — Updated Laws · Stage: Scheduled to Take Effect · Area: Energy / Environment · Impact (preliminary): Medium · First detected by this dashboard: 2026-08-15
View the original Japanese source More Energy / Environment updates Search all updates in the dashboard
AI summary
Generated by AI from the Japanese source metadata. It is an unofficial monitoring aid, not legal advice, and may contain errors. The area, stage, and impact labels are preliminary keyword-based triage labels. Confirm every point in the original Japanese source.
Summary
This item concerns a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare ordinance that amends related ministerial ordinances following partial enforcement of the law amending the Industrial Safety and Health Act and the Working Environment Measurement Act. According to the metadata, the affected regulation is the Ordinance on Prevention of Dust Hazards (Labour Ministry Ordinance No. 18 of 1979), and the amending ordinance is Reiwa 8 MHLW Ordinance No. 116. The metadata lists a promulgation date of 2026-07-29 and a stated enforcement date of 2026-10-01.
Business Impact
Organizations subject to dust hazard prevention rules and related work environment measurement requirements may need to review whether these amendments affect their obligations.
Recommended Action
Review the official Japanese source on e-Gov Law Search to confirm the scope, content, and effective date of the amendments.
Timeline of related official records
Related official records are linked only when names and instrument numbers match exactly, so this timeline may be incomplete. Dates are as stated by the official sources. It is a monitoring aid, not legal advice; the original Japanese sources are authoritative.
- 2026-07-29 — Promulgated (instrument recorded by e-Gov Law Search) Original Japanese source
- 2026-08-01 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search Dashboard page Original Japanese source
- 2026-09-01 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search Dashboard page Original Japanese source
- 2026-10-01 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search Original Japanese source