Supplementary Provisions

This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2024; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.

The government is to review the provisions of the Act on Providing Comprehensive Support for the Daily Life and Life in Society of Persons with Disabilities, the Child Welfare Act, the Mental Health and Welfare Act, the Disability Employment Promotion Act and the Act on Medical Care for Patients with Intractable Diseases, as amended by this Act, around five years after this Act comes into effect, taking into account the status of their enforcement, etc., and, if it finds it necessary, is to take necessary measures based on the results.

Among the orders issued under the provisions of Article 46, paragraph (1) of the Disability Employment Promotion Act between the date of promulgation of this Act and the day preceding the Effective Date, an order to an employer that would not fall under that paragraph if the provisions of Article 70 of the Disability Employment Promotion Act as amended by the provisions of Article 9 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions) were applied on the date on which the order was issued ceases to be effective on the Effective Date.

①With regard to a special benefit under the provisions of Article 49, paragraph (1), item (i)-2 of the Disability Employment Promotion Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 9 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions) (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Disability Employment Promotion Act") (referred to simply as a "special benefit" in the following paragraph) for which the grounds for payment arose before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

②To an employer that employs a specified part-time worker prescribed in Article 49, paragraph (1), item (i)-2 of the Former Disability Employment Promotion Act who is a qualifying disabled person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is actually in a condition in which it is difficult to work other than for especially short working hours (meaning a qualifying disabled person prescribed in Article 37, paragraph (2) of the Disability Employment Promotion Act, limited to a person with a physical disability prescribed in Article 2, item (ii) of that Act (excluding a person with a severe physical disability prescribed in item (iii) of that Article) or a person with an intellectual disability prescribed in item (iv) of that Article (excluding a person with a severe intellectual disability prescribed in item (v) of that Article)), a special benefit (limited to one relating to that specified part-time worker who is employed at the time this Act comes into effect and for which the grounds for payment arise on or before March 31, 2025) may be paid, even after this Act comes into effect, in accordance with the provisions then in force.

With regard to the collection of the Persons with Disabilities Employment Levy and the payment of monetary adjustments for the employment of persons with disabilities and incentives for fiscal year 2023 or earlier, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

The enactment or amendment of Prefectural or Municipal Ordinances necessary to implement the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (13) of the item (iv) Amended Comprehensive Support Act, the procedures, in relation to the employment selection support provided for in that paragraph, for designating a designated welfare service provider for persons with disabilities under Article 29, paragraph (1) of the Comprehensive Support Act, the procedures for the certification referred to in Article 45-3, paragraph (1) of the Disability Employment Promotion Act as amended by the provisions of Article 9 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions) (referred to as the "item (ii) Amended Disability Employment Promotion Act" in Article 37 of the Supplementary Provisions) (limited to certification relating to a specified limited liability partnership provided for in paragraph (2) of Article 45-3), and other acts may be carried out even before the enforcement of this Act (for the provisions set forth in Article 1, items (ii) through (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions, before the enforcement of each of those provisions).

Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.