Drive control apparatus

A drive control apparatus (1) comprises a drive signal supply unit (6) for generating, when a power-supply voltage is supplied to the drive control apparatus (1), a drive signal, which is used for driving a load from this power-supply voltage, and for supplying this generated drive signal to an output port of a microcomputer (3), a drive signal stop unit (7) for stopping, when the power-supply voltage has a value that is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the drive signal supply unit (6) from supplying the drive signal, and a drive signal delay unit (8) for delaying the drive signal outputted by the drive signal supply unit (6).