This Act does not apply, with regard to the prepaid payment instruments for which the whole of the business of issuing has been discontinued, to a person who, before the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), has discontinued the whole of the business of issuing prepaid payment instruments (meaning prepaid payment instruments prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter) other than the prepaid certificates prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Regulation of Prepaid Certificates, etc. prior to its repeal under the provisions of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") (hereinafter simply referred to as "prepaid certificates") (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "person who has discontinued issuance"); provided, however, that where a person who has discontinued issuance restarts the business of issuing such prepaid payment instruments on or after the Effective Date, this does not apply on or after the day on which the person started the business of issuing.