Supplementary Provisions

This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2000; provided, however, the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the date prescribed in each item:

Beyond what is prescribed in each of the relevant Acts before their amendment by this Act, the administrative functions of the national government, other local governments, and other public entities that, before this Act comes into effect, the agency of a local government manages or performs pursuant to an Act or a Cabinet Order based on an Act (referred to as "administrative functions of the national government and other public entities" in Article 161 of Supplementary Provisions) are administrative functions that, after this Act comes into effect, the local government is to handle as its own pursuant to an Act or a Cabinet Order based on an Act.

①To apply the relevant Acts after their amendment on or after the effective date of this Act, except for Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions through the preceding Article and the provisions on transitional measures in the relevant Acts after their amendment (including orders thereunder), a disposition or any other such action regarding something such as permission that is taken, pursuant to the provisions of one of the relevant Acts before its amendment, before this Act comes into effect (for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, this means before those provisions come into effect; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 163 of the Supplementary Provisions) (hereinafter referred to as a "disposition or other such action" in this Article) or an application or any other such action regarding something such as permission that is undertaken, pursuant to one of the relevant Acts before its amendment, by the time this Act comes into force, which involves an administrative function that will start to be carried out by a different person on the day on which this Act comes into effect, is deemed to be a disposition or other such action or an application or other such action that is taken or undertaken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the relevant Act after its amendment.

②Beyond as otherwise provided for in this Act and Cabinet Order based hereupon, information that, before this Act comes into effect, a person must report to, file with, submit to, or otherwise process with the national government or a local government agency pursuant to the provisions of the relevant Acts before their amendment, but that has not been processed before the date on which this Act comes into effect is deemed to be information that a person must report to, file with, submit to, or otherwise process with the national government or the corresponding agency of the local government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the relevant Acts after their amendment, but that has not been processed; and the provisions of the relevant Acts after their amendment by this Act apply.

①For an appeal under the Administrative Appeal Act against a disposition that has been undertaken, before the effective date and in connection with the administrative functions of the national government or another public organization, by an administrative agency (hereinafter referred to in this Article as an "issuing agency") that answered to a higher administrative agency as prescribed in that Act (hereafter in this Article referred to as the "higher administrative agency") before the effective date, the issuing agency is deemed to continue to answer to a higher administrative agency even after the effective date, and the provisions of the Administrative Appeal Act apply. In such a case, the agency deemed to be the higher administrative agency to which the issuing agency answers is that to which it answered before the effective date.

②In cases as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the administrative agency that is deemed to be the higher administrative agency is a local government organ, the administrative functions to be handled by that organ pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Appeal Act constitute item (i) statutorily entrusted functions as prescribed in item (i) of paragraph (9) of Article 2 of the new Local Autonomy Act.

Beyond what is otherwise provided for in this Act and in Cabinet Orders based hereupon, prior laws continue to govern fees payable prior to the effective date pursuant to the provisions of the relevant Acts prior to their amendment by this Act (including orders issued thereunder) .

Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct in which a person has engaged before the entry into effect of this Act.

Beyond what is prescribed in these Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order provides for any necessary transitional measures attendant on the entry into effect of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions).

With regard to item (i) statutory entrusted functions as provided in item (i) of paragraph (9) of Article 2 of the new Local Autonomy Act, establishment of new administrative functions is to be avoided to the greatest possible extent, and the administrative functions set forth in Appended Table 1 of the new Local Autonomy Act and administrative functions as specified by Cabinet Order based on the new Local Autonomy Act are to be reviewed from the viewpoint of their promotion of decentralization, and are to be amended as appropriate.

To enable local governments to execute their administrative functions and services autonomously and independently, the Government, while taking into consideration trends in economic circumstances, etc., is to review means of enhancing and securing local tax revenues in accordance with the distribution of roles between the national and local governments, and is to take the necessary measures based on the result of that review.