Chapter III-5 Special Provisions for a Person Who Has Spent Time as an Insured in Two or More Categories (Articles 78-30 to 78-38)
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Article 78-30第七十八条の三十
Special Provisions on the Amount of Employees' Disability Pension（障害厚生年金の額の特例）
Article 78-30, paragraph (1)
For a person who is a beneficiary of an employees' disability pension and who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories as of the day of disability assessment associated with the relevant disability, the time that person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the person is deemed to have only the insured period that is associated with the person's time in one category, and the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of an employees' disability pension, the suspension of payment thereof, and any other provisions specified by Cabinet Order apply to the amount of employees' disability pension associated with that person.
Special Provisions on the Amount of Disability Allowance（障害手当金の額の特例）
Article 78-31, paragraph (1)
The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the amount of disability allowance of a person who is a beneficiary of an employees' disability pension and who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories as of the day of disability assessment for the disability in question. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.
For the surviving family of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the time that the deceased spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the deceased is deemed to have only the insured period that is associated with the time in one category, and the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of an employees' pension for surviving family and the suspension of payment thereof and any other provisions specified by Cabinet Order apply to the amount of the employees' pension for surviving family associated with the deceased's surviving family (limited to one that is paid due to the relevant person falling under any of items (i) through (iii) of Article 58, paragraph (1)). Cabinet Order provides for the necessary replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.
Article 78-32, paragraph (2)（遺族厚生年金の額の特例）(Special Provisions on the Amount of Employees' Pension for Surviving Family)Changed
The employees' pension for surviving family associated with the surviving family of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories (that pension is limited to one that is paid due to the relevant person falling under item (iv) of Article 58, paragraph (1)) is paid for each insured period that constitutes a category of EPI insured period, and for each amount thereof; the time that the deceased spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up; the deceased is deemed to have only the insured period that is associated with the time in one category; and each of their amounts is the amount arrived at when the amount calculated in accordance with the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of employees' pension for surviving family is allocated in proportion to the value calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i) and Article 62, paragraph (1) based on the insured periods associated with each of the periods of time in one category. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.
Article 78-32, paragraph (3)（遺族厚生年金の額の特例）(Special Provisions on the Amount of Employees' Pension for Surviving Family)Changed
In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the additional amount under if there is a child for whom an addition has been made pursuant to the provisions of Article 6262-2, paragraph (1) or Article 62-3, paragraph (1) (excluding a case where payment of the entire part equivalent to the amount added for that child is suspended), the addition is to be addedmade, as specified by Cabinet Order, to the amount of the employees' pension for surviving family calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category among the categories of EPI insured periodsperiod.
Beyond as specified in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with calculating the amounts of employees' pensions for surviving family and suspending payment.
Special Provisions on Administrative Functions Connected with Employees' Disability Pensions and Employees' Pensions for Surviving Family（障害厚生年金等に関する事務の特例）
Article 78-33, paragraph (1)
Pursuant to Cabinet Order, the person specified in the items of Article 2-5, paragraph (1) for the insured category of the insured on the day of initial examination for the disability in question carries out the administrative functions connected with the payment of an employees' disability pension under the provisions of Article 78-30 and an employees' disability allowance under the provisions of Article 78-31.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the administrative functions connected with the payment of the employees' pension for surviving family pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
前項の規定は、前条第一項の規定による遺族厚生年金の支給に関する事務について準用する。
Article 78-34第七十八条の三十四
Special Provisions on Applications to Suspend Payment of Employees' Pensions for Surviving Family（遺族厚生年金の支給停止に係る申請の特例）
Article 78-34, paragraph (1)
If a surviving family member of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories is eligible to receive an employees' pension for surviving family based on the time that the relevant person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories, the surviving family member must file an application under the provisions of Article 67, or Article 68, paragraph (1) or (2) for the employees' pension for surviving family based on the person's time in one category at the same time as filing any application for the employees' pension for surviving family based on the person's time in another category that is based on the same grounds for payment as the grounds for payment of the employees' pension for surviving family based on the person's time in that one category.
Special Provisions for Divorce and Similar CircumstancesSpecial Provisions on Revising or Deciding the Standardized Remuneration of a Person Who Has Spent Time as an Insured in Two or More Categories離婚等をした場合の特例二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者の標準報酬の改定又は決定の特例
When the provisions of Article 78-2, paragraph (1) are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, a request under the provisions of that paragraph concerning the standardized remuneration for the person's time in one category of the categories of EPI insured period must be made at the same time as the relevant request concerning the standardized remuneration for time in another category.
In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the time that the person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the person is deemed to be a person who has only the insured period associated with the time in one category, and the provisions of Article 78-2 and Article 78-3 apply; the provisions of Article 78-6, and Article 17-10 of the Supplementary Provisions apply to each insured period that constitutes a category of EPI insured period. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.
Special Provisions on the Period during Which a Person is a Dependent Spouse
被扶養配偶者である期間についての特例
Article 78-36, paragraph (1)
When the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (1) are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, a request under the provisions of that paragraph concerning the standardized remuneration for the time in one category, among the categories of EPI insured period, must be made at the same time as the relevant request concerning the standardized remuneration for time in another category.
In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the time that the person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the person is deemed to be either a person who has spent time in one category only or a person who has only the insured period associated with that time in one category, and the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (1) and Article 78-20, paragraph (1) apply; the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), and Article 78-20, paragraph (2) and paragraph (5), and the provisions of Article 17-11 through Article 17-13 of the Supplementary Provisions apply to each insured period constituting a category of EPI insured period. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.
When the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (1) or (2) are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the request under those provisions concerning the standardized remuneration pertaining to the time in one category among the categories of EPI insured period must be made simultaneously with the relevant request concerning the standardized remuneration pertaining to the time in another category.
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (1) or (2) are applied by adding together the periods during which the person was an insured in two or more insured categories and deeming the person to have had only the time in one category or the insured period pertaining to that time in one category, and the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraphs (3) through (5) and Article 17-13-4 of the Supplementary Provisions are applied for each insured period pertaining to each category of EPI insured period. In this case, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary replacement of terms and other necessary particulars.
Beyond as provided for in this Chapter, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with calculating the amount of insurance benefits associated with a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, suspending payment of those benefits, and otherwise applying this Act.