This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2008; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 1, and the provisions of the following Article through Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions and Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions, come into effect on July 1, 2007.

①A person who, at the time of the enforcement of the provisions prescribed in the proviso to the preceding Article, has already obtained the designation under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Act on Improvement of Personnel Management, etc. for Part-Time Workers before the amendment by Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "former Act") (such a person being hereinafter referred to as the "former Part-Time Work Assistance Center") is deemed to be a person who has obtained the designation under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Act on Improvement of Personnel Management, etc. for Part-Time Workers after the amendment by Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "new Act").

②A disposition, procedure or other act that was, before the day of the enforcement of the provisions prescribed in the proviso to the preceding Article, done in relation to the former Part-Time Work Assistance Center, or done by the former Part-Time Work Assistance Center, under the former Act or an order based thereon (excluding a notification under Article 16, paragraph (3) of the former Act (including a notification of a change under that paragraph), an approval of business rules under Article 17, paragraph (1) of the former Act (including an approval of a change under that paragraph), and an approval of a business plan and a budget of revenue and expenditure under Article 20, paragraph (1) of the former Act (including an approval of a change under that paragraph)) is deemed to be a disposition, procedure or other act done in relation to the Part-Time Work Assistance Center prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (2) of the new Act (hereinafter referred to as the "new Part-Time Work Assistance Center"), or done by the new Part-Time Work Assistance Center, under the corresponding provision of the new Act or an order based thereon.

③The business year of the former Part-Time Work Assistance Center that begins on April 1, 2007 ends on the day preceding the day of the enforcement of the provisions prescribed in the proviso to the preceding Article, and the new Part-Time Work Assistance Center is to prepare the business report, balance sheet, statement of revenue and expenditure, and inventory of property, etc. pertaining to that business year in accordance with the provisions then in force.

④An act falling under Article 24, paragraph (2) of the former Act that was committed, before the day of the enforcement of the provisions prescribed in the proviso to the preceding Article, by a person who is, at the time of the enforcement of those provisions, an officer of the former Part-Time Work Assistance Center, is deemed to be an act falling under Article 24, paragraph (2) of the new Act, and the provisions of that paragraph apply.

⑤An act falling under any of items (ii) through (v) of Article 28, paragraph (1) of the former Act that was committed by the former Part-Time Work Assistance Center before the day of the enforcement of the provisions prescribed in the proviso to the preceding Article is deemed to be an act falling under any of items (ii) through (v) of Article 28, paragraph (1) of the new Act, and the provisions of that paragraph apply.

The procedures for a notification under Article 16, paragraph (3) of the new Act, an approval of business rules under Article 17, paragraph (1) of the new Act, and an approval of a business plan and a budget of revenue and expenditure under Article 20, paragraph (1) of the new Act may be carried out even before the day of the enforcement of the provisions prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to an act committed before the enforcement of the provisions prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

With regard to a dispute pertaining to mediation under Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act on Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor-Related Disputes (Act No. 112 of 2001) that is, at the time of the enforcement of this Act, actually pending before the Dispute Coordinating Committee under Article 6, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 20 of the Act on Improvement of Personnel Management, etc. for Part-Time Workers after the amendment by Article 2.

Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

In the case where three years have passed since the enforcement of this Act, if the Government finds it necessary in light of the status of the enforcement of the provisions of the Act on Improvement of Personnel Management, etc. for Part-Time Workers after the amendment by this Act, it is to review those provisions and take the necessary measures based on the results of that review.