Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order no later than April 1, 2010;provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days respectively specified in those items:
この法律は、平成二十二年四月一日までの間において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
the provisions of Articles 3 through 6, Articles 8 and 9, Article 12, paragraphs (3) and (4), and Articles 29 and 36 of the Supplementary Provisions; the provisions of Article 63 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Health Insurance Act (Act No. 83 of 2006); the provisions of Article 64 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Article 23, paragraph (1), Article 67, paragraph (1), and Article 191 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Special Accounts (Act No. 23 of 2007); and the provisions of Articles 66 and 75 of the Supplementary Provisions:the date of promulgation;
附則第三条から第六条まで、第八条、第九条、第十二条第三項及び第四項、第二十九条並びに第三十六条の規定、附則第六十三条中健康保険法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十八年法律第八十三号）附則第十八条第一項の改正規定、附則第六十四条中特別会計に関する法律（平成十九年法律第二十三号）附則第二十三条第一項、第六十七条第一項及び第百九十一条の改正規定並びに附則第六十六条及び第七十五条の規定 公布の日
Supplementary Provisions, Article 73Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions, Applications
第七十三条（処分、申請等に関する経過措置）
Any disposition, such as a ruling, approval, designation, or authorization, or any act, such as a notice, made or conducted by the Commissioner of the Social Insurance Agency, the Director-General of a regional social insurance bureau or the head of a social insurance office (hereinafter referred to as the "Commissioner of the Social Insurance Agency, etc.") pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations before the enforcement of this Act (with regard to the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, the respective provisions; the same applies hereinafter), is deemed, after the enforcement of the Act, to be a ruling, approval, designation, or authorization, or any act, such as a notice, made or conducted by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Director-General of a regional bureau of health and welfare, the Director-General of a regional branch bureau of health and welfare, or the Japan Pension Service (hereinafter referred to as the "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc.") based on the corresponding provisions of the respective laws and regulations after the enforcement of this Act, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations.
この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定。以下同じ。）の施行前に法令の規定により社会保険庁長官、地方社会保険事務局長又は社会保険事務所長（以下「社会保険庁長官等」という。）がした裁定、承認、指定、認可その他の処分又は通知その他の行為は、法令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、この法律の施行後は、この法律の施行後の法令の相当規定に基づいて、厚生労働大臣、地方厚生局長若しくは地方厚生支局長又は機構（以下「厚生労働大臣等」という。）がした裁定、承認、指定、認可その他の処分又は通知その他の行為とみなす。
Any act, such as an application or notification, already conducted or made against the Commissioner of the Social Insurance Agency, etc. pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations at the time of the enforcement of this Act is deemed, after the enforcement of this Act, to be an act, such as an application or notification, conducted or made against the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. based on the corresponding provisions of the respective laws and regulations after the enforcement of this Act, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations.
With regard to the particulars for which reports, notifications, submissions, or other procedures were required to be conducted or made to the Commissioner of the Social Insurance Agency, etc. pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations before the enforcement of this Act, and for which those procedures were not conducted before the effective date of this Act, the provisions of the respective laws and regulations after the enforcement of this Act apply, after the enforcement of this Act, by deeming them to be particulars for which reports, notifications, submissions, or other procedures are required to be conducted or made to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective laws and regulations after the enforcement of this Act, and for which those procedures have not been conducted, except as otherwise provided for in the laws and regulations.
Any disposition, such as a ruling, approval, designation, or authorization, or any act, such as a notice, to be made or conducted by the Commissioner of the Social Insurance Agency, etc., or any act, such as an application or notification to be conducted or made against the Commissioner of the Social Insurance Agency, etc., pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations of which application is to be continued to be governed by prior laws, is deemed, after the enforcement of this Act, to be one to be made or conducted by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. or to be conducted or made against the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. according to the classification of the authority or the administrative affairs pertaining to the authority based on the provisions of the respective laws and regulations after the enforcement of this Act, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 74Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第七十四条（罰則に関する経過措置）
Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act and to acts committed after the enforcement of this Act when prior laws are to continue to govern the applicability pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions.
この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 75Delegation to Cabinet Order
第七十五条（政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures in relation to the enforcement of this Act.
この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。