Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
Omitted
略
The provisions of Article 6, Article 11, Article 13, Article 15, Article 16, Article 18 through Article 20, Article 26, Article 29, Article 32, Article 33 (limited to the provisions amending Article 30 and Article 45 of the Road Act), Article 35 and Article 36, and of Article 4, Article 5, Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 7, Article 12, Article 14, Article 15, Article 17, Article 18, Article 28, Article 30 through Article 32, Article 34, Article 35, Article 36, paragraph (2), Article 37, Article 38 (limited to the provisions amending Article 30, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Act on Special Districts for Structural Reform (Act No. 189 of 2002)), Article 39, Article 40, Article 45-2 and Article 46 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2012.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 6Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act
第六条（介護保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, when intending to establish the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 74, paragraph (3), Article 78-4, paragraph (3), Article 88, paragraph (3), Article 97, paragraph (4), Article 115-4, paragraph (3) and Article 115-14, paragraph (3) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 18 (referred to as the "New Long-Term Care Insurance Act" in the following paragraph and Article 46 of the Supplementary Provisions), may hear the opinion of the Social Security Council even before the date of enforcement of the provisions of Article 18.
厚生労働大臣は、第十八条の規定による改正後の介護保険法（次項及び附則第四十六条において「新介護保険法」という。）第七十四条第三項、第七十八条の四第三項、第八十八条第三項、第九十七条第四項、第百十五条の四第三項及び第百十五条の十四第三項の厚生労働省令で定める基準を定めようとするときは、第十八条の規定の施行の日前においても社会保障審議会の意見を聴くことができる。
Within a period not exceeding one year counting from the date of enforcement of the provisions of Article 18, until the Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance prescribed in the provisions listed in the upper column of the following table is enacted and comes into effect, the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in the provisions listed in the lower column of the same table are deemed to be the standards specified by the Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance concerned.
第十八条の規定の施行の日から起算して一年を超えない期間内において、次の表の上欄に掲げる規定に規定する都道府県又は市町村の条例が制定施行されるまでの間は、同表の下欄に掲げる規定に規定する厚生労働省令で定める基準は、当該都道府県又は市町村の条例で定める基準とみなす。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 23Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第二十三条（罰則に関する経過措置）
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, each of those provisions) comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該規定）の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 24Delegation to Cabinet Order
第二十四条（政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article and Article 36 of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
附則第二条から前条まで及び附則第三十六条に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 46Review
第四十六条（検討）
The government is to, taking into consideration the condition, etc., of enforcement of the provisions of Article 21-5-18, Article 24-12 and Article 45 of the New Child Welfare Act, Article 17 of the New Act on Social Welfare for the Elderly, Article 42, Article 54, Article 74, Article 78-4, Article 88, Article 97, Article 115-4 and Article 115-14 of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act, Article 110 of the Former Long-Term Care Insurance Act as Amended, Article 30, Article 43, Article 44, Article 80 and Article 84 of the New Act for Supporting Independence of Persons with Disabilities, and Article 3 of the Act on Advancement of Comprehensive Service Related to Education, Child Care, etc. of Preschool Children as amended by the provisions of Article 20, and of the provisions of Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions, review how the standards prescribed in those provisions and the standards established by the head of a national administrative organ based on those provisions ought to be, and, when it finds it necessary, is to take the necessary measures based on the results.
政府は、新児童福祉法第二十一条の五の十八、第二十四条の十二及び第四十五条、新老人福祉法第十七条、新介護保険法第四十二条、第五十四条、第七十四条、第七十八条の四、第八十八条、第九十七条、第百十五条の四及び第百十五条の十四、改正後旧介護保険法第百十条、新障害者自立支援法第三十条、第四十三条、第四十四条、第八十条及び第八十四条並びに第二十条の規定による改正後の就学前の子どもに関する教育、保育等の総合的な提供の推進に関する法律第三条の規定並びに附則第四条の規定の施行の状況等を勘案し、これらの規定に規定する基準及びこれらの規定に基づき国の行政機関の長が定める基準の在り方について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。