Supplementary Provisions, Article 8Preparatory Acts Accompanying Enforcement of the Provisions of Article 51
第八条（第五十一条の規定の施行に伴う準備行為）
The national government, in order to ensure the proper handling, under the provisions of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information as Amended by Article 51 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act on the Protection of Personal Information as Amended by Article 51" in this Article, the following Article and Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions), of personal information that local government organs and local incorporated administrative agencies hold, is to, after ascertaining the state of implementation of the preparatory acts necessary for the enforcement of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information as Amended by Article 51 in local government organs and local incorporated administrative agencies by requesting local governments to submit necessary materials or by other means, give technical advice or recommendations on those preparatory acts if it finds it necessary.
Notification under the provisions of Article 167, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information as Amended by Article 51 may also be made before the date of enforcement of the provisions of Article 51 (referred to as the "Article 51 Effective Date" in the following Article).
第五十一条改正後個人情報保護法第百六十七条第一項の規定による届出は、第五十一条の規定の施行の日（次条において「第五十一条施行日」という。）前においても行うことができる。