This Act comes into effect on August 1, 1965; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 2 and Article 13 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on November 1, 1965, and the provisions of Article 3, Articles 14 through 43 of the Supplementary Provisions and Article 45 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on February 1, 1966.

The provisions of Article 3-2 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "new Act" from this Article through Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions) do not apply to a business for which the relationship between the insured business and the workers' accident insurance has been established at the time the provisions of Article 1 come into effect.

①The employer of a business for which, at the time the provisions of Article 1 come into effect, the relationship between the insured business and the workers' accident insurance has been established under the provisions of Article 6 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of that Article (hereinafter referred to as the "former Act" from this Article through Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions) (excluding a business for which the insurance participant has made the report referred to in Article 28, paragraph (1) or (2) of the former Act, or for which the government has issued the notice referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article) must notify the government of the matters prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (2) of the new Act by August 5, 1965.

②A person who fails to make the notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph or makes a false notification is punished by imprisonment with work for not more than six months or a fine of not more than 50,000 yen.

③When a representative of a juridical person or an agent, employee or any other worker for a juridical person or an individual, with regard to the business of the juridical person or individual, commits a violation set forth in the preceding paragraph, not only the offender is punished but also the juridical person or individual is punished by the fine prescribed in that paragraph.

With regard to the employer of a business that, at the time the provisions of Article 1 come into effect, is being conducted through multiple layers of contracting, the provisions of Article 8 of the former Act continue to govern.

The provisions then in force continue to govern compensation for medical treatment and compensation for absence from work that are to be paid under the provisions of the former Act and have not yet been paid at the time the provisions of Article 1 come into effect.

The provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1), item (i) of the new Act also apply to medical treatment provided before the provisions of Article 1 come into effect, in the case where an injury or illness in the course of duties for which medical treatment commenced before the provisions of that Article come into effect is healed after the provisions of that Article come into effect.

The provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the new Act also apply to an absence from work, before the provisions of Article 1 come into effect, of a person whose absence from work before the provisions of that Article come into effect was seven days or less and who, after the provisions of that Article come into effect, is absent from work for the same reason. In this case, if the absence from work exceeds seven days, compensation for absence from work is also paid for the days up to the third day counted from the first day of that absence.

①With regard to insurance proceeds pertaining to accidents that occurred before the provisions of Article 1 come into effect, the provisions of Articles 17 through 19-2 of the former Act remain in force.

②The provisions of Article 30-4 of the new Act do not apply to accidents that occurred before the provisions of Article 1 come into effect.

The government is to conduct research on efficient measures for making every business that is not a compulsorily covered business of industrial accident compensation insurance a compulsorily covered business, while also taking into consideration its relationship with other social insurance systems, with the aim of obtaining results within two years, and is to take necessary measures promptly based on the results.

The provisions then in force continue to govern the portion, pertaining to the period up to the day before the date on which the provisions of Article 3 come into effect, of Type I disability compensation, illness or injury benefits and Type I disability benefits under the provisions of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "former Act" from this Article through Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions), and Type II disability compensation, compensation for surviving family, funeral service fees, Type II disability benefits, benefits for surviving family and funeral benefits under the provisions of the former Act that have not yet been paid at the time the provisions of that Article come into effect.

A person who, at the time the provisions of Article 3 come into effect, is able to receive Type I disability compensation or Type I disability benefits, or illness or injury benefits, under the provisions of the former Act is, respectively, to be paid a disability compensation pension, or provided with long-term illness or injury compensation benefits, under the provisions of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of that Article (hereinafter referred to as the "new Act"). In this case, the long-term illness or injury compensation benefits provided to a person who is able to receive Type I illness or injury benefits are, if that person so requests to the government within 30 days after the provisions of that Article come into effect, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (1) of the new Act, to consist only of a pension in the amount determined in accordance with the provisions then in force, until the injury or illness is healed or until the injury or illness comes to require medical treatment through admission to a hospital or clinic.

With regard to the amount of insurance proceeds prescribed in Article 27 or Article 30-2, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the new Act, Type I disability compensation and Type I disability benefits under the provisions of the former Act are deemed to be a disability compensation pension, and illness or injury benefits under the provisions of that Act are deemed to be long-term illness or injury compensation benefits.

①Until the scope of surviving family members eligible to receive a compensation pension for surviving family is revised based on the provisions of Article 45 of the Supplementary Provisions, a worker's husband (including a person who did not register marriage but had been in a de facto marital relationship with the worker; the same applies in the following paragraph), parents, grandparents and siblings who, at the time of the worker's death, were dependent on the worker's income and were 55 years of age or older and less than 60 years of age (excluding a person prescribed in Article 16-2, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act who does not fall under Article 16-4, paragraph (1), item (vi) of that Act) are, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of that Act, surviving family members eligible to receive a compensation pension for surviving family under the provisions of that Act. In this case, the phrase "any of the items" in Article 16-4, paragraph (2) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "any of the items (excluding item (vi))", and the phrase "surviving family members eligible to receive a compensation pension for surviving family" in the row for compensation pension for surviving family in Appended Table 1 of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "surviving family members eligible to receive a compensation pension for surviving family (excluding surviving family members prescribed in Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act (Act No. 130 of 1965) who are less than 60 years of age)".

②The order of priority of the surviving family members prescribed in the preceding paragraph to receive a compensation pension for surviving family comes next after the surviving family members prescribed in Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, and, among the surviving family members prescribed in the preceding paragraph, is in the order of husband, parents, grandparents and siblings.

③Payment of a compensation pension for surviving family to be paid to a surviving family member prescribed in paragraph (1) is suspended until the month in which that person reaches 60 years of age; provided, however, that this does not preclude the application of the provisions of Article 60 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act.

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

Compensation in the form of pensions for occupational accidents of workers is to continue to be reviewed, taking into consideration the relationship between the industrial accident compensation insurance system and employees' pension insurance and other social insurance systems, and, based on the results, is to be dealt with promptly by separate legislation.