Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period ending on April 1, 2010; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
この法律は、平成二十二年四月一日までの間において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
The provisions of Article 3 to Article 6, Article 8, Article 9, Article 12, paragraphs (3) and (4), Article 29, and Article 36 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provision amending Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Health Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 83 of 2006) in Article 63 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions amending Article 23, paragraph (1), Article 67, paragraph (1), and Article 191 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Special Accounts (Act No. 23 of 2007) in Article 64 of the Supplementary Provisions, and the provisions of Article 66 and Article 75 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation
附則第三条から第六条まで、第八条、第九条、第十二条第三項及び第四項、第二十九条並びに第三十六条の規定、附則第六十三条中健康保険法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十八年法律第八十三号）附則第十八条第一項の改正規定、附則第六十四条中特別会計に関する法律（平成十九年法律第二十三号）附則第二十三条第一項、第六十七条第一項及び第百九十一条の改正規定並びに附則第六十六条及び第七十五条の規定 公布の日
Supplementary Provisions, Article 73Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions, Applications, Etc.
第七十三条（処分、申請等に関する経過措置）
A determination, approval, designation, authorization, or other disposition, or notification or other act, made before this Act (or, for the provisions listed in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those respective provisions; the same applies hereinafter) comes into effect, by the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency, the director of a Regional Social Insurance Bureau, or the head of a Social Insurance Office (hereinafter referred to as the "Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency, etc.") under the provisions of laws and regulations, is, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, deemed, after this Act comes into effect, to be a determination, approval, designation, authorization, or other disposition, or notification or other act, made by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the director of a Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare, the director of a Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare's branch office, or the Agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc."), based on the corresponding provisions of laws and regulations after this Act comes into effect.
An application, notification, or other act made to the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency, etc. under the provisions of laws and regulations that is in effect at the time this Act comes into effect is, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, deemed, after this Act comes into effect, to be an application, notification, or other act made to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc., based on the corresponding provisions of laws and regulations after this Act comes into effect.
With regard to a matter for which a report, notification, submission, or other procedure is required to be made to the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency, etc. under the provisions of laws and regulations before this Act comes into effect, and for which that procedure has not been made before the effective date, the provisions of laws and regulations after this Act comes into effect apply, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, by deeming it, after this Act comes into effect, to be a matter for which a report, notification, submission, or other procedure is required to be made to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. under the corresponding provisions of laws and regulations after this Act comes into effect, and for which that procedure has not been made.
With regard to a determination, approval, designation, authorization, or other disposition, or notification or other act, to be made by the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency, etc., or an application, notification, or other act to be made to the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency, etc., under the provisions of laws and regulations for which the provisions then in force continue to govern, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. is, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, after this Act comes into effect, to make it, or it is to be made to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc., respectively, according to the classification of the authority, or of affairs pertaining to the authority, based on the provisions of laws and regulations after this Act comes into effect.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 74Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第七十四条（罰則に関する経過措置）
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 75Delegation to Cabinet Order
第七十五条（政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。