An enabling switch provided in an operation part and for enabling operation of an operation target by said operation part, the enabling switch comprising: a holder; a movable member that is pressed toward said holder; a contact; and a contact mechanism that causes said contact to transition from an open state to a closed state and further from the closed state to the open state in accordance with a press of said movable member toward said holder, characterized in that a position of said movable member relative to said holder in a state in which said movable member is not pressed is given as a first position, a position of said movable member relative to said holder in a state in which said movable member is most pressed is given as a third position, and a rising start position of a maximum rise of a load required to press said movable member is given as a second position, the rising start position being between said first position and said third position, and the maximum rise being a rise in which the load rises and reaches its maximum with an increase in a rate of increase of the load relative to an amount of press, when said movable member is pressed, said contact transitions from the open state to the closed state in an ON switching position that is between said first position and said second position, and said contact transitions from the closed state to the open state in an OFF switching position that is between said second position and said third position, a minor peak appears between said first position and said second position, the minor peak being a peak in which the load once rises and then decreases when said movable member is pressed, said ON switching position is between a falling start position of said minor peak and said second position, wherein the falling start position is a position in which the minor peak starts to fall and where the load decreases abruptly, and a maximum load during said minor peak is greater than or equal to a load in said ON switching position and less than a load in said OFF switching position. a holder; a movable member that is pressed toward said holder; a contact; and a contact mechanism that causes said contact to transition from an open state to a closed state and further from the closed state to the open state in accordance with a press of said movable member toward said holder, characterized in that a position of said movable member relative to said holder in a state in which said movable member is not pressed is given as a first position, a position of said movable member relative to said holder in a state in which said movable member is most pressed is given as a third position, and a rising start position of a maximum rise of a load required to press said movable member is given as a second position, the rising start position being between said first position and said third position, and the maximum rise being a rise in which the load rises and reaches its maximum with an increase in a rate of increase of the load relative to an amount of press, when said movable member is pressed, said contact transitions from the open state to the closed state in an ON switching position that is between said first position and said second position, and said contact transitions from the closed state to the open state in an OFF switching position that is between said second position and said third position, a minor peak appears between said first position and said second position, the minor peak being a peak in which the load once rises and then decreases when said movable member is pressed, said ON switching position is between a falling start position of said minor peak and said second position, wherein the falling start position is a position in which the minor peak starts to fall and where the load decreases abruptly, and a maximum load during said minor peak is greater than or equal to a load in said ON switching position and less than a load in said OFF switching position.