This Act comes into effect on October 1, 2000.

①At the time this Act comes into effect, a person that has actually been designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons prior to amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Central Center") is deemed to be a person designated under Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons after amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act"), and a person that has actually been designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 40 of the Former Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Prefectural Center") is deemed to be a person designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 40 of the New Act.

②A public notice made before the date on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date") pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (2) or (4) of the Former Act (including the cases where these provisions apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44 of the Former Act) or the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (4) of the Former Act, and that is actually in effect at the time this Act comes into effect, is deemed to be a public notice made pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (2) or (4) of the New Act (including the cases where these provisions apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44 of the New Act) or the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (4) of the New Act.

③A disposition, procedure or other act that, before this Act comes into effect, was carried out pursuant to the Former Act or an order based on it with respect to the Former Central Center or the Former Prefectural Center, or was carried out by either of them, is deemed to be a disposition, procedure or other act carried out, pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Act or an order based on it, with respect to the Central Employment Stabilization Center for Elderly Persons, etc. prescribed in Article 24, paragraph (2) of the New Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Central Center") or the Prefectural Employment Stabilization Center for Elderly Persons, etc. prescribed in Article 41 of the New Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Prefectural Center"), or carried out by either of them.

④With regard to the entrustment of part of the operations related to employment stabilization projects that, at the time this Act comes into effect, the Former Central Center is actually making to the Former Prefectural Center, having received the approval referred to in that paragraph pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (5) of the Former Act, it is deemed to be an entrustment that the New Central Center is making to the New Prefectural Center pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (5) of the New Act.

⑤The provisions of Article 34, paragraph (2) of the New Act apply to an act falling under Article 34, paragraph (2) of the Former Act that a person who is actually an officer of the Former Central Center at the time this Act comes into effect committed before the Effective Date, by deeming it to be an act falling under Article 34, paragraph (2) of the New Act.

In addition to what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

At an appropriate time after this Act comes into effect, the government is to take into account the status of enforcement of the New Act and, if it finds it necessary, review the provisions of the New Act and take necessary measures based on the results of that review.