Acceptance of public comments on the draft of the revised

Enforcement Order of the Building Standard Law

 

 

"The Law to amend the Building Standard Law" was issued on 12 June 1998 and became partially effective with regard to Article 1 and 2 on the same date and on 1 May 1999 respectively.

 

We have prepared the draft of the revised Enforcement Order with regard to Article 3 of the Law to amend the Building Standard Law, concerning the performance based standard.

 

We are now accepting comments on the draft publicly as follows.

 

 

- Comments are to be provided on:

(1) the outline of the draft of the revised Enforcement Order(in Japanese)

(2) the draft of the revised Enforcement Order(in Japanese)

 

- How to obtain the documents (in Japanese)

(1) from the homepage of MOC

(http://www.moc.go.jp/policy/publiccomment/publiccomlist.htm)

the outline of the draft (PDF file)

the draft of the revised Enforcement Order (former part:later part PDF file)

 

Note: A tentative English translation of the briefed outline of the draft is available. However, as it is only tentative, please refer to the Japanese documents to send comments. To read the translation, please click BRIEFED OUTLINE OF DRAFT ENFORCEMENT ORDER OF THE BUILDING STADARD LAW (PDF file)

 

(2) by delivery at the Building Guidance Division, MOC

(3) by post (only within Japan)

              Please send a letter to the following address to ask for the documents on the      

        draft of the Enforcement Order, enclosing a stamped(\390), self-addressed

        A4 size envelop.

 

              Public Comments

              Building Guidance Division, Housing Bureau,

              Ministry of Construction

              2-1-3, Kasumi-ga-seki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

              (postal code) 100-8944

 

- Period for public comments

The period for public comments is from 15 February to 14 March 2000. Comments must reach the Ministry of Construction not later than 17:00 on 14 March 2000.

 

- How to send comments

Comments must be written in Japanese in the attached form and be sent to the Building Guidance Division as follows. We will not accept any comments by telephone. (form of public comments PDF file)

(1) by fax. Fax number is:  (+81)-3-3580-7050

(2) by post. Mail address is:

              Public Comments

              Building Guidance Division, Housing Bureau,

              Ministry of Construction

        2-1-3, Kasumi-ga-seki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

              (postal code) 100-8944,  or

(3) by email. Email address is:

              kenshi@hs.moc.go.jp

 

- Others

The Ministry of Construction will take into consideration the comments received to finalize the Cabinet Order. However, we will not be able to answer each comment. Your comments might be published later excluding your private information, i.e. your name, address, telephone number, email address, etc.