Installation of maintenance and management of outdoor advertising materials and mandatory inspection by qualified persons (from April 1, 2022)

Due to large typhoons, serious accidents such as falling of outdoor advertising materials that are not properly managed have occurred throughout the country, and attention is being paid to the safety of outdoor advertising materials. In Motoichi, we revised outdoor advertising matter regulations and decided to strengthen management, check rule of outdoor advertising matter. We ask for your continued safety.

Points of Revision
①In the case of outdoor advertising materials of a certain size or larger to receive permission, it is necessary to set up a maintenance manager.
②When renewing the permission of outdoor advertising materials of a certain size or more, an inspection by a qualified person is required.

Points of Revision 1: Establishment of an obligation to establish a Chief Operating Officer
[What is the Chief of Maintenance?]
　A person who actually performs daily repair and management of outdoor advertising materials. This is a new system established separately from the "manager" who simply manages outdoor advertising materials, which was stipulated in the ordinance so far.

[Scope of maintenance manager]
The maintenance manager must have one of the following qualifications:
If you are unable to prepare a qualified person in-house, you will need to outsource the work to a qualified person.
・Outdoor advertiser
・Those who have completed outdoor advertising training courses (for workshops held by local governments nationwide)
　　https://nikkoren.movabletype.io/benri/kousyu3.html (external site) (Japan Federation of Outdoor Advertising Organizations)
・Vocational Training Instructor (Advanced Art Department)
・Those who have completed vocational training (Advertising Arts Department)
・Those who passed the skill test (advertising art finishing)

Points of Amendment 2: Establishment of inspection obligations by qualified persons at the time of renewal of permission for outdoor advertising materials

[Scope of qualified persons]
When we inspect outdoor advertising matter more than fixed scale, person having any of the following qualifications needs to perform.
If you are unable to prepare a qualified person in-house, you will need to outsource the work to a qualified person.
・Outdoor advertiser
・Architects (first-class and second-class)
・Outdoor advertising matter inspection skill training completion (please refer to the next homepage for details of outdoor advertising matter inspection skill class.)
　 https://nikkoren.movabletype.io/katsudo/ (external site) (Japan Federation of Outdoor Advertising Organizations)
　

For details, please refer to the following "Management and inspection rules change!"
Signboard management and inspection rules have changed! （PDF：170KB）

Effective date of the Amendment Ordinance: April 1, 2022