①An employer that is employing a foreign national (meaning a foreign national as prescribed in Article 8 of the Employment Measures Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "new Employment Measures Act"); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) at the time the provisions set forth in item (i) of the preceding Article come into effect must, by October 1, 2008, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, confirm the particulars prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (1) of the new Employment Measures Act with regard to the foreign national and notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of those particulars; provided, however, that this does not apply if the foreign national separates from employment during the period from the day on which the provisions set forth in that item come into effect until October 1, 2008.

②The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the hiring of a foreign national by the national government or a local government. In this case, the appointer (including a person who has been delegated and exercises appointive power) of the national government or a local government is to, by October 1, 2008, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, give notice to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of the particulars prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (1) of the new Employment Measures Act with regard to a foreign national whom the national government or the local government is employing at the time the provisions set forth in item (i) of the preceding Article come into effect; provided, however, that this does not apply if the foreign national separates from service during the period from the day on which the provisions set forth in that item come into effect until October 1, 2008.

③The provisions of Article 28, paragraph (2) (excluding item (iii)) of the new Employment Measures Act apply mutatis mutandis to a case in which notification is given pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).

④The provisions of Article 29 of the new Employment Measures Act apply mutatis mutandis to notification under the provisions of paragraph (1) and notice under the provisions of paragraph (2).

⑤The provisions of Article 33 of the new Employment Measures Act apply mutatis mutandis to the enforcement of the provisions of paragraph (1).

⑥Part of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) and of Article 33, paragraph (1) of the new Employment Measures Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the director of a prefectural labor bureau, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

⑦The authority delegated to the director of a prefectural labor bureau pursuant to the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph may be delegated to the head of the public employment security office, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.