Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Basic Act on Disaster Management
第二条（災害対策基本法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
With regard to the organization, the delegation of authority of the head of a designated administrative organ, and the authority of the chairperson of the extraordinary disaster management headquarters, concerning an extraordinary disaster management headquarters actually established, at the time this Act comes into effect, pursuant to Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Basic Act on Disaster Management before amendment by Article 1 (referred to as the "Former Basic Act on Disaster Management" in the following paragraph and in Article 8 and Article 15 of the Supplementary Provisions), the provisions then in force continue to govern.
With regard to a recommendation or instruction to evacuate to take refuge, or an instruction for safety assurance measures such as taking shelter indoors, that is actually given, at the time this Act comes into effect, pursuant to Article 60, paragraph (1), (3) or (6) or Article 61, paragraph (1) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
この法律の施行の際現に旧災害対策基本法第六十条第一項、第三項若しくは第六項又は第六十一条第一項の規定によりされている避難のための立退きの勧告若しくは指示又は屋内での待避等の安全確保措置の指示については、なお従前の例による。
designated administrative organs
「指定行政機関」
The national administrative organs the Prime Minister designates from among the Cabinet Office (内閣府), the Imperial Household Agency, the Digital Agency, the Disaster Management Agency, the ministries, commissions and agencies, and the councils, facilities, special organs and other bodies set up under them.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies throughout the law