Supplementary Provisions, Article 7Transitional Measures Concerning the Appointment of the Chairperson or Commissioners
第七条(委員長又は委員の任命等に関する経過措置)
A person who is serving as the chairperson or a commissioner of the former Specific Personal Information Protection Commission at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect is deemed to have been appointed, on the item (ii) effective date, as the chairperson or a commissioner, respectively, of the Personal Information Protection Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (3) of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information as amended by Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "item (ii) new Personal Information Protection Act" in this Article). In this case, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 55, paragraph (1) of the item (ii) new Personal Information Protection Act, the term of office of the person deemed to have been so appointed is to be a period equal to the remainder of that person's respective term of office as the chairperson or a commissioner of the former Specific Personal Information Protection Commission as of the item (ii) effective date.
A person who is serving as an official of the secretariat of the former Specific Personal Information Protection Commission at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect is to become the corresponding official of the secretariat of the Personal Information Protection Commission on the item (ii) effective date, under the same working conditions, unless otherwise notified by a letter of appointment.