Supplementary Provisions, Article 11Preparations before Enforcement Concerning Applications for Childcare Leave
第十一条（育児休業の申出に係る施行前の準備）
In order to take childcare leave (meaning childcare leave prescribed in Article 2, item (i) of the Childcare and Caregiver Leave Act; the same applies in paragraph (2) of the following Article) under Article 5, paragraph (4) of the new Childcare and Caregiver Leave Act (meaning the Childcare and Caregiver Leave Act as amended by Article 7; referred to as the "new Childcare and Caregiver Leave Act" in this Article and paragraph (2) of the following Article), on or after the day the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect (referred to as the "item (iii) effective date" in this Article), a worker who intends to make an application under Article 5, paragraph (4) of the new Childcare and Caregiver Leave Act may make that application even before the item (iii) effective date, in accordance with the provisions of that paragraph and paragraph (6) of the same Article.
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare intends to establish the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in Article 5, paragraph (4), item (ii) of the new Childcare and Caregiver Leave Act, the Minister may consult the Labor Policy Council even before the item (iii) effective date.
厚生労働大臣は、新育児・介護休業法第五条第四項第二号の厚生労働省令を定めようとするときは、第三号施行日前においても、労働政策審議会に諮問することができる。