Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect on August 1, 2010; provided, however, that the provisions of the following Article (excluding paragraph (3)) and Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Concerning Claims for Certification, etc.
第二条（認定の請求等に関する経過措置）
A person who is to satisfy, on August 1, 2010, the requirements for payment (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "new requirements for payment") of Child Rearing Allowance (hereinafter referred to as the "allowance") under the provisions of the Child Rearing Allowance Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") (limited to a person who does not satisfy the requirements for payment of the allowance under the provisions of the Child Rearing Allowance Act before amendment by this Act (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "former requirements for payment")) may, even before that day, on the condition that the person satisfies the new requirements for payment on that day, take the procedure for a claim for certification under Article 6, paragraph (1) of the New Act with respect to that allowance.
平成二十二年八月一日においてこの法律による改正後の児童扶養手当法（以下「新法」という。）の規定による児童扶養手当（以下「手当」という。）の支給要件（以下この条において「新支給要件」という。）に該当すべき者（この法律による改正前の児童扶養手当法の規定による手当の支給要件（以下この条において「旧支給要件」という。）に該当していない者に限る。）は、同日前においても、同日に新支給要件に該当することを条件として、当該手当について新法第六条第一項の規定による認定の請求の手続をとることができる。
Where a person who has taken the procedure under the preceding paragraph satisfies the new requirements for payment on August 1, 2010, payment of the allowance to that person begins from that month, notwithstanding Article 7, paragraph (1) of the New Act.
Where a person listed in the following items makes a claim for certification under Article 6, paragraph (1) of the New Act by November 30, 2010, payment of the allowance to that person begins, notwithstanding Article 7, paragraph (1) of the New Act, from the month specified respectively in those items.
A person who actually satisfies the new requirements for payment on August 1, 2010 (limited to a person who does not satisfy the former requirements for payment, and excluding a person who has taken the procedure under paragraph (1)): that month;
A person who comes to satisfy the new requirements for payment during the period from August 1, 2010 to November 30 of that year (limited to a person who does not satisfy the former requirements for payment): the month following the month that includes the day on which the person comes to satisfy the new requirements for payment.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3
第三条
In applying Article 13-2 of the New Act with respect to payment of the allowance to a person who has taken the procedure under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article and a person listed in paragraph (3), item (i) of that Article, the phrase "the first day of the month containing the day on which the requirements for payment of the allowance came to be met" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "August 1, 2010".
Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Delegation to Cabinet Order
第四条（政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding two Articles, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
前二条に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 5Review
第五条（検討）
The government is to, with three years after this Act comes into effect as a target, take into consideration the state of enforcement of this Act, the employment status of the father or mother in a household in which a child who does not share a livelihood with the father or mother is raised, the economic conditions of that household, and other circumstances, review measures to support that household, including the Child Rearing Allowance system, from the viewpoint of promoting stability of life and independence of that household and advancing the welfare of children, and take necessary measures based on the results.
政府は、この法律の施行後三年を目途として、この法律の施行の状況、父又は母と生計を同じくしていない児童が育成される家庭における父又は母の就業状況及び当該家庭の経済的な状況等を勘案し、当該家庭の生活の安定及び自立の促進並びに児童の福祉の増進を図る観点から、児童扶養手当制度を含め、当該家庭に対する支援施策の在り方について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
childmachine translation
「児童」
A person up to the first 31 March on or after the day they turn 18, or a person under 20 who has a disability of the degree a Cabinet Order (政令) sets.
Defined inArticle 3, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
allowancemachine translation
「手当」
Short for the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当), which the prefectural governor, etc. (都道府県知事等) pays to the mother who has custody (監護) of, or the father who has custody of and shares a livelihood with, a child whose parents have divorced or whose other parent has died, has a disability of the degree a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, is missing or is in a similar situation, or to another person raising the child (養育者).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
new requirements for paymentmachine translation
「新支給要件」
In Article 2 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 40 of 2010, the requirements for payment of the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当) under the Child Rearing Allowance Act as amended by that Act, which came into effect on 1 August 2010; a person who would meet them on that day, and did not meet the earlier ones, could claim certification (認定の請求) before it.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
the New Actmachine translation
「新法」
This Act as amended by Act No. 40 of 2010.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
former requirements for paymentmachine translation
「旧支給要件」
In Article 2 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 40 of 2010, the requirements for payment of the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当) under the Child Rearing Allowance Act as it stood before that Act amended it on 1 August 2010.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article