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(Ⅰ)In order to enhance employers and workers’ knowledge of occupational safety and health and to promote the development of occupational safety and health culture, the Central Competent Authority may stipulate regulations regarding rewards or subsidies to encourage business entities and related groups for implementation.
(Ⅱ)Municipalities, county or city governments, and government authorities in charge of subject industries shall actively promote occupational safety and health work; the Central Competent Authority may stipulate regulations for performance evaluations and rewards.

(Ⅰ)Where a self-employed worker operates independently or contracts out his or her operations, Articles 5 through 7, Article 9, Article 10, Article 14, Article 16, Article 24, Article 26, Article 27, and Article 28, and the penalty provisions thereof, shall apply.
(Ⅱ)People engaged in work directed or supervised by the responsible people in workplaces as described in subparagraph 1 of Article 2, when performing labor work at business entities’ workplaces, are equally subject to the Act as if they were laborers employed by said entities. Notwithstanding, the provisions regarding physical examinations and health examinations for currently employed workers as set forth in Article 20 shall not be subject to this restriction.

Where business entities operate product transactions or deliveries in an electronic form, and contract individuals without employment relationships with them to perform the deliveries in person, Paragraph 1, Article 5, Article 6, Paragraph 1, Article 32, Article 33, and Paragraph 2, Article 37 of the Act, and those about penalties shall apply.

The Central Competent Authority may commission related professional organizations to handle matters involving the management of certification bodies as set forth in Article 8, random examinations and market examinations as set forth in Article 9, management and review of job site monitoring agencies, and the reporting of monitoring results as set forth in Article 12, the examinations of the registrations and reporting of New Chemical Substances as set forth in Article 13, the approval of Controlled Chemicals and reference of handling information of Priority Management Chemicals as set forth in Article 14, the management of approved medical institutions and the reporting of health examination results as set forth in Article 20, inspection and performance approval for occupational safety and health management systems as set forth in Article 23 Paragraph 3, the management of training entities as set forth in Article 32 Paragraph 2, and the investigation of suspected occupational diseases as set forth in Article 39 Paragraph 2.

Charges and fees shall be collected by the competent authority for performing tasks such as granting approval, examination, issuing permits, certification, inspections, and designations prescribed by the Act; the standards for said fees shall be stipulated by the Central Competent Authority.

The enforcement rules of the Act shall be stipulated by the Central Competent Authority.

The date of enforcement of the Act shall be determined by the Executive Yuan.