①A corporation that has actually obtained the registration under Article 6 of the Former Act at the time this Act comes into effect is deemed to have become an issuer of prepaid payment instruments for third-party business (meaning the issuer of prepaid payment instruments for third-party business prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (7); the same applies hereinafter) on the Effective Date.

②A corporation deemed under the provisions of the preceding paragraph to have become an issuer of prepaid payment instruments for third-party business must submit to the Prime Minister a document stating the particulars set forth in the items of Article 8, paragraph (1) and the document prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article, by the day on which the period specified by Cabinet Office Order has elapsed from the first base date to arrive on or after the Effective Date.

③When a document has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister is to register the particulars set forth in the items of Article 8, paragraph (1) and the particulars set forth in Article 9, paragraph (1), item (ii) that are stated in the document in the register of issuers of prepaid payment instruments for third-party business.

④With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1), item (i) to a corporation deemed under the provisions of paragraph (1) to have become an issuer of prepaid payment instruments for third-party business, the phrase "any of the items of Article 10, paragraph (1)" in that item is deemed to be replaced with "item (vi) or (ix) of Article 10, paragraph (1)".