Supplementary Provisions, Article 7Transitional Measures Concerning Working Hours of Minors
第七条（年少者の労働時間に関する経過措置）
With regard to an employer who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is to have a person prescribed in Article 60, paragraph (3) of the Former Act work, until the end of the period set as the applicable period in accordance with the provisions of Article 32-4, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Former Act based on the provisions of item (ii) of that paragraph (limited to a period that includes March 31, 1999), the provisions of Article 60, paragraph (3) of the New Act apply by deeming the term "the provisions of Article 32-4 and Article 32-4-2" in item (ii) of that paragraph to be replaced with "the provisions of Article 32-4 prior to amendment by the Act Partially Amending the Labor Standards Act (Act No. 112 of 1998)".
この法律の施行の際旧法第六十条第三項に規定する者を労働させることとしている使用者については、同項第二号の規定に基づき旧法第三十二条の四第一項第二号の規定の例による対象期間として定められている期間（平成十一年三月三十一日を含む期間に限る。）が終了するまでの間、新法第六十条第三項第二号中「第三十二条の四及び第三十二条の四の二の規定」とあるのは、「労働基準法の一部を改正する法律（平成十年法律第百十二号）による改正前の第三十二条の四の規定」として、同項の規定を適用する。
employermachine translation
「使用者」
The business owner, its managers, and anyone else acting for the owner in matters concerning its workers.
Defined inArticle 10, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
the New Actmachine translation
「新法」
This Act as amended by Act No. 112 of 1998.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
the Former Actmachine translation
「旧法」
This Act as it stood before Act No. 112 of 1998 amended it.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)