Except as otherwise provided in these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of the Consumption Tax Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 (excluding the provisions of that Article adding four items after Article 2, paragraph (1), item (viii) of the Consumption Tax Act (limited to the part concerning the provision of specified services prescribed in item (viii)-2 of that paragraph and the part concerning item (viii)-5 of that paragraph), the provisions amending Article 8, paragraph (6) of that Act, the provisions adding three paragraphs to that Article, the provisions amending Appended Table 1, item (vii), (b) of that Act, and the provisions amending the table in Appended Table 3, item (i) of that Act) (hereinafter referred to as the "New Consumption Tax Act" up to and including Article 48 of the Supplementary Provisions) apply to consumption tax on transfers, etc. of assets (meaning transfers, etc. of assets prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (viii) of the Consumption Tax Act; the same applies hereinafter up to and including Article 48 of the Supplementary Provisions) made in Japan by a business operator (meaning a business operator prescribed in item (iv) of that paragraph; the same applies hereinafter up to and including Article 48 of the Supplementary Provisions) on or after October 1, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as "the application date of the New Consumption Tax Act" up to and including Article 48 of the Supplementary Provisions), on taxable purchases (meaning taxable purchases prescribed in item (xii) of that paragraph; the same applies hereinafter up to and including Article 48 of the Supplementary Provisions) made in Japan by a business operator on or after the application date of the New Consumption Tax Act, and on taxable goods (meaning taxable goods prescribed in item (xi) of that paragraph; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 43 of the Supplementary Provisions) taken out of a bonded area (meaning a bonded area prescribed in item (ii) of that paragraph; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 43 of the Supplementary Provisions) on or after the application date of the New Consumption Tax Act, and the provisions then in force continue to govern consumption tax on transfers, etc. of assets made in Japan by a business operator before the application date of the New Consumption Tax Act, taxable purchases made in Japan by a business operator before the application date of the New Consumption Tax Act, and taxable goods taken out of a bonded area before the application date of the New Consumption Tax Act.