Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act

①With regard to the payment of the employment adjustment grant under Article 102-3 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 6 (hereinafter referred to as the "former Employment Insurance Ordinance") for leave, educational training or secondment implemented by an employer listed in the following items and implemented within the period specified in the relevant item, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

②In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, with regard to the payment of the employment adjustment grant for leave, educational training or secondment implemented before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

③With regard to the payment of the grant for employment development of specified job seekers under Article 110 of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance pertaining to hiring on a day before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

④With regard to the application of Article 110, paragraph (2), item (i), (a) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 6 (hereinafter referred to as the "new Employment Insurance Ordinance") to an employer that hires, on or after the Effective Date, a person who falls under any of the following items, the phrase "job seeker" in (a) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "job seeker or a person who falls under any of the items of Article 3, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Ministerial Order on the Arrangement, etc. of Relevant Orders of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Accompanying the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Employment Measures Act, etc. to Promote Smooth Re-employment in Response to Changes in the Economy and Society (Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare No. 189 of 2001)".

⑤With regard to the payment, to an employer that, before the Effective Date, submitted the plan prescribed in Article 112, paragraph (2), item (i), (b) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance to the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office prescribed in (b) of that item pursuant to the provisions of (b) of that item, and to an employer that, on a day before the Effective Date, submitted the plan prescribed in paragraph (5), item (i), (b) of that Article to the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office prescribed in that item pursuant to the provisions of (b) of that item, of the regional employment development grant under that Article, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑥With regard to the payment of the grant for promoting large-scale employment development under Article 113, paragraph (1) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance to an employer that, before the Effective Date, prepared the employment opportunity expansion plan prescribed in item (i) of that paragraph pursuant to the provisions of that item and received certification from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑦With regard to the payment of the grant for employment development in farming and mountain villages under Article 114-2 of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance to an employer that, before the Effective Date, prepared the plan for employment development in farming and mountain villages prescribed in paragraph (2), item (i) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of (a) of that item and received certification from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑧With regard to the application of Article 112, paragraph (2), item (i), (a), (1) of the new Employment Insurance Ordinance to an employer that establishes or improves a place of business in an area deemed to be an approved employment opportunity expansion promotion area prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act on Promotion of Job Opportunities in Certain Regions (Act No. 23 of 1987; hereinafter referred to as the "New Regional Employment Development Act") pursuant to Article 4, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2001 Employment Measures Amendment, the phrase "the same applies hereinafter" in (a), (1) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "including an area deemed as such pursuant to Article 4, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employment Measures Act, etc. to Promote Smooth Re-employment in Response to Changes in the Economy and Society (Act No. 35 of 2001; hereinafter referred to as the '2001 Employment Measures Amendment'); the same applies hereinafter", the phrase "that Act" with "the Act on Promotion of Job Opportunities in Certain Regions", and the phrase "plan period" with "plan period (including a plan period deemed as such pursuant to Article 4, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2001 Employment Measures Amendment)".

⑨With regard to the payment of the grant for Okinawa youth employment development under Article 114-3 of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance to an employer that, before the Effective Date, prepared the plan prescribed in Article 114-3, paragraph (2), item (i), (b) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance pursuant to the provisions of (b) of that item and received certification from the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office prescribed in (b) of that item, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑩With regard to the payment of the human resources upgrading ability development benefit under Article 125-4 of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance to an employer that came to be able to receive payment of that benefit pursuant to that Article before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑪With regard to the payment of the incentive for introducing a long-term educational training leave system under Article 139-4 of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance to an employer that came to be able to receive payment of that incentive pursuant to that Article before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑫With regard to the payment of the employment adjustment grant to an employer that came to be able to receive payment of the employment adjustment grant pursuant to Article 15, paragraphs (1) through (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance during the period up to March 31, 2001, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑬With regard to the payment of the employment adjustment grant to an employer that came to be able to receive payment of the employment adjustment grant pursuant to Article 15-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑭With regard to the payment of the grant for employment development of specified job seekers to an employer that came to be able to receive payment of that grant pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance during the period up to March 31, 2001, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑮With regard to the payment of the grant for employment development of specified job seekers to an employer that came to be able to receive payment of that grant pursuant to Article 16, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑯With regard to the payment of the grant for employment development of specified job seekers to an employer that came to be able to receive payment of that grant pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (7) of the Supplementary Provisions of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance during the period up to May 31, 2001, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑰With regard to the payment of the regional employment incentive to an employer that came to be able to receive payment of the regional employment incentive pursuant to Article 16-2-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑱With regard to the payment of the Okinawa youth employment incentive to an employer that came to be able to receive payment of the Okinawa youth employment incentive pursuant to Article 16-2-3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑲To an employer that has come to be able to receive payment of the year-round employment stabilization benefit pursuant to Article 16-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the new Employment Insurance Ordinance during the period up to March 15, 2004, notwithstanding that paragraph, the year-round employment stabilization benefit may be paid on or after March 16 of that year as well.

⑳To an employer that has come to be able to receive payment of the winter employment stabilization incentive pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the new Employment Insurance Ordinance during the period up to May 31, 2004, notwithstanding paragraph (1) of that Article, the winter employment stabilization incentive may be paid on or after June 1 of that year as well.

（二十一）To an employer, an employers' association or a worker that has come to be able to receive payment of the winter skill training course subsidy benefit pursuant to Article 17-2, paragraph (3) or (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the new Employment Insurance Ordinance during the period up to March 31, 2004, notwithstanding paragraph (1) of that Article, the winter skill training course subsidy benefit may be paid on or after April 1 of that year as well.