Supplementary Provisions, Article 14

①In the case where, before the item (iii) Effective Date, a Municipality, finding it difficult to conduct the Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article from the item (iii) Effective Date due to the difficulty of securing persons to carry out the category 1 home-visit project prescribed in Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) of the item (iii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act, the category 1 day service project prescribed in (b) of that item and the category 1 daily life support project prescribed in (c) of that item, or for other reasons, so provides by a Municipal Ordinance of that Municipality, then, for the period on or after the item (iii) Effective Date until the date specified by that ordinance of that Municipality (hereinafter in this paragraph, the following paragraph and Article 30 of the Supplementary Provisions referred to as a "Specified Municipality") within the period from the item (iii) Effective Date to March 31, 2017, with regard to the Community Support Projects conducted by that Specified Municipality under the provisions of the item (iii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act, the provisions of Article 115-45, paragraph (1), Article 115-45-2, paragraph (2), Article 115-45-3 (excluding the part pertaining to the designation under paragraph (1) of that Article), Article 115-45-4, Article 115-45-7, Article 115-45-8, Article 115-46, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to the category 1 Preventive Long-Term Care Support project), Article 115-47, paragraphs (4) through (7) and paragraph (9), Article 122-2, Article 123, paragraph (3), Article 124, paragraph (3), Article 126, paragraph (1), Article 152 and Article 153 of the item (iii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act do not apply, and the provisions of Article 115-45, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to items (i) and (ii)) and paragraphs (2) and (7), Article 115-47, paragraphs (4) through (7), Article 122-2, Article 123, paragraph (3), Article 124, paragraph (3), Article 126, paragraph (1), Article 152 and Article 153 of the item (iii) Pre-amendment Long-Term Care Insurance Act remain in force.

②In the case of the preceding paragraph, with regard to insurance benefits under the provisions of the item (iii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act for Insured Persons of Long-Term Care Insurance covered by a Specified Municipality (including Insured Persons to Whom the Domicile Exception Applies prescribed in paragraph (3) of Article 13 of the item (iii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act under the Long-Term Care Insurance covered by another Municipality, who are admitted to or reside in a Facility Subject to Domicile Exception prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article located within the area of that Specified Municipality), until the date specified by the Municipal Ordinance set forth in the preceding paragraph of that Specified Municipality, the provisions of Article 8-2, paragraph (1), Article 53, paragraphs (1) and (2) and Article 54, paragraph (3) of the item (iii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act do not apply, and the provisions of Article 8-2, paragraphs (1), (2) and (7), Article 53, paragraphs (1) and (2) and Article 54, paragraph (3) of the item (iii) Pre-amendment Long-Term Care Insurance Act remain in force.

③In the case where, before the item (iii) Effective Date, a Municipality, finding it difficult to conduct the project listed in Article 115-45, paragraph (2), item (iv) of the item (iii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act from the item (iii) Effective Date due to the difficulty of securing persons with expert knowledge concerning medical care who are to carry out that project, or for other reasons, so provides by a Municipal Ordinance of that Municipality, then, for the period on or after the item (iii) Effective Date until the date specified by that ordinance of that Municipality within the period from the item (iii) Effective Date to March 31, 2018, with regard to the Community Support Projects conducted by that Municipality under the provisions of the item (iii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act, that paragraph (limited to the part listed in that item) and Article 115-45-10 of the item (iii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act do not apply.

④In the case where, before the item (iii) Effective Date, a Municipality, finding it difficult to conduct the project listed in Article 115-45, paragraph (2), item (v) of the item (iii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act from the item (iii) Effective Date due to the difficulty of securing persons who are to carry out that project, or for other reasons, so provides by a Municipal Ordinance of that Municipality, then, for the period on or after the item (iii) Effective Date until the date specified by that ordinance of that Municipality within the period from the item (iii) Effective Date to March 31, 2018, with regard to the Community Support Projects conducted by that Municipality under the provisions of the item (iii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act, that paragraph (limited to the part listed in that item) does not apply.

⑤In the case where, before the item (iii) Effective Date, a Municipality, finding it difficult to conduct the project listed in Article 115-45, paragraph (2), item (vi) of the item (iii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act from the item (iii) Effective Date due to the difficulty of securing persons with expert knowledge concerning health and medical care and welfare who are to carry out that project, or for other reasons, so provides by a Municipal Ordinance of that Municipality, then, for the period on or after the item (iii) Effective Date until the date specified by that ordinance of that Municipality within the period from the item (iii) Effective Date to March 31, 2018, with regard to the Community Support Projects conducted by that Municipality under the provisions of the item (iii) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act, that paragraph (limited to the part listed in that item) does not apply.