This Ministerial Ordinance comes into effect as of April 1, 2000.

A disposition such as a permission or any other act (hereinafter referred to as a "disposition or other act") performed by the Director of a Prefectural Labor Standards Bureau or a prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to the amendment or of Cabinet Orders based thereon (including the provisions of other Acts or of Cabinet Orders based thereon that apply those provisions mutatis mutandis; the same applies hereinafter) before the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts for the Promotion of Decentralization (hereinafter referred to as the "decentralization reform law") comes into effect, or an application for a permission or any other act (hereinafter referred to as an "application or other act") that has actually been made to the Director of a Prefectural Labor Standards Bureau or a prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to the amendment or of Cabinet Orders based thereon at the time the decentralization reform law comes into effect, for which the administrative affairs pertaining to those acts are, as of the date on which the decentralization reform law comes into effect, to be performed by the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts as amended by the decentralization reform law or of Orders of the Ministry of Labour based thereon (including the provisions of other Acts or of Orders of the Ministry of Labour based thereon that apply those provisions mutatis mutandis; the same applies hereinafter), is deemed, with regard to the application of the respective Acts as amended or of Orders of the Ministry of Labour based thereon on or after the date on which the decentralization reform law comes into effect, to be a disposition or other act performed by the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau or an application or other act made to the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective Acts as amended or of Orders of the Ministry of Labour based thereon.

A disposition or other act made pursuant to the provisions of the respective Ministerial Ordinances prior to the amendment before this Ministerial Ordinance comes into effect, or an application or other act that has actually been made pursuant to the provisions of the respective Ministerial Ordinances prior to the amendment at the time this Ministerial Ordinance comes into effect, for which the person that is to perform the administrative affairs pertaining to those acts becomes different as of the date on which this Ministerial Ordinance comes into effect, is deemed, with regard to the application of the respective Ministerial Ordinances as amended on or after the date on which this Ministerial Ordinance comes into effect, to be a disposition or other act or an application or other act made pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective Ministerial Ordinances as amended.

With respect to matters for which a report, notification, submission or any other procedure must be made to an organ or official of the national government or a local government pursuant to the provisions of the respective Ministerial Ordinances prior to the amendment before this Ministerial Ordinance comes into effect and for which that procedure has not been carried out before the date on which this Ministerial Ordinance comes into effect, the provisions of the respective Ministerial Ordinances as amended by this Ministerial Ordinance apply by deeming those matters to be matters for which a report, notification or submission must be made to the corresponding organ or official of the national government or a local government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective Ministerial Ordinances as amended and for which that procedure has not been carried out.

The identification card under the provisions of Article 52 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 1, the identification card under the provisions of Article 73 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on the Collection, etc. of Labor Insurance Premiums prior to the amendment by Article 12, the identification card under the provisions of Article 95-3 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 14, the identification card under the provisions of Article 5 of the Rules on Industrial Safety Specialists and Industrial Health Specialists prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 22, and the certificates under Article 17-7 and Article 144 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 24 are, for the time being, respectively deemed to be the identification card under the provisions of Article 52 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1, the identification card under the provisions of Article 73 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on the Collection, etc. of Labor Insurance Premiums as amended by Article 12, the identification card under the provisions of Article 95-3 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health as amended by the provisions of Article 14, the identification card under the provisions of Article 5 of the Rules on Industrial Safety Specialists and Industrial Health Specialists as amended by the provisions of Article 22, and the certificates under the provisions of Article 17-7 and Article 144 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 24.

Written applications, etc. in accordance with the Forms prescribed in the respective Ministerial Ordinances prior to the amendment by this Ministerial Ordinance that have actually been submitted or issued at the time this Ministerial Ordinance comes into effect are deemed to be written applications, etc. in accordance with the corresponding Forms prescribed in the respective Ministerial Ordinances as amended by this Ministerial Ordinance.

The paper forms for written applications, etc. in accordance with the Forms prescribed in the respective Ministerial Ordinances prior to the amendment by this Ministerial Ordinance that actually exist at the time this Ministerial Ordinance comes into effect may be used for the time being after making the necessary revisions.