Supplementary Provisions

This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2018; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified respectively in those items.

With regard to the estimated Levy pertaining to Municipalities for each fiscal year up to and including fiscal year 2017 and the fixed Levy pertaining to Municipalities for each fiscal year up to and including fiscal year 2015, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

The amount of the Levy pertaining to prefectures for each of fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019 is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 151, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, to be the amount of the estimated Levy for that fiscal year (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "prefectural estimated Levy amount"); provided, however, that when the total amount of the estimated Levy pertaining to the Municipalities belonging to the area of that prefecture for the year prior to the first preceding fiscal year (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "total estimated levies of municipalities in the area") exceeds the total amount of the fixed Levy pertaining to the Municipalities belonging to the area of that prefecture for that year (meaning the amount that would be calculated under the provisions of Article 153 of that Act if the provisions of that Article were applied to those Municipalities) (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "total fixed levies of municipalities in the area"), it is to be the amount obtained by deducting from the prefectural estimated Levy amount for each such fiscal year the total of the excess amount and the Adjustment amount pertaining to the excess amount (meaning the Adjustment amount prescribed in the proviso to Article 151, paragraph (1) of that Act; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), and when the total estimated levies of municipalities in the area for the year prior to the first preceding fiscal year is less than the total fixed levies of municipalities in the area for that year, it is to be the amount obtained by adding to the prefectural estimated Levy amount for each such fiscal year the total of the shortfall and the Adjustment amount pertaining to the shortfall.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to conduct engaged in before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those respective provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) comes into effect and to conduct engaged in after this Act comes into effect in the case where the provisions then in force are to remain applicable pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.