This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provision adding one paragraph to Article 85 of the Road Traffic Act, the provision adding two paragraphs to Article 86 of the Road Traffic Act, the provision adding one paragraph after Article 87, paragraph (4) of the Road Traffic Act, and the provision amending Article 107-2 of the Road Traffic Act (limited to the part replacing "、又は" (, or) with "若しくは" (or, joining a smaller group of alternatives) and adding ", or in the case of driving a standard motor vehicle that is to be driven by a professional designated driver" after "in the case of driving") come into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding three years from the date of promulgation.

①Notwithstanding Article 92-2 of the Road Traffic Act after amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act"), prior laws continue to govern the valid period of a license that has been issued by the time this Act comes into force.

②Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, if the first day in a renewal period as under Article 101, paragraph (1) of the Road Traffic Act before its amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") for a license as prescribed in the preceding paragraph falls on or after the date on which this Act comes into force (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date"), the final day in the valid period of that license is the last day in the one-month period following the final day of the valid period that, pursuant to the previous paragraph, would be governed by prior laws (or the last day in the one-month period following the issuee's most recent birthday prior to the final day of the valid period that would be governed by prior laws, if this is not the issuee's birthday) (if the last day in that one-month period constitutes a day provided for Article 92-2, paragraph (4) of the Road Traffic Act, the following day).

③Notwithstanding Article 92-2 of the New Act, prior laws continue to govern the valid period of a license which has been issued by the time this Act comes into force, if the first day of its renewal period as under Article 101, paragraph (1) of the Former Act falls before the effective date (hereinafter referred to as a "specified license") and if it is renewed on or after the effective date (hereinafter referred to in the following paragraph as a "license renewed as specified").

④Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the final day in the valid period of a license renewed as specified is the last day in the one-month period following the final day of a valid period that, pursuant to the previous paragraph, would be governed by prior laws (or the last day in the one-month period following the issuee's most recent birthday prior to the final day of the valid period that would be governed by prior laws, if this is not the issuee's birthday) (if the last day in that one-month period constitutes a day provided for Article 92-2, paragraph (4) of the Road Traffic Act, the following day).

⑤Notwithstanding Article 101, paragraph (1) of the New Act, if a person seeks to renew a specified license on or after the effective date, the first day of the renewal period as prescribed in that paragraph is the first day of the renewal period as prescribed in Article 101, paragraph (1) of the Former Act.

⑥Article 101-2-2 and Article 112, paragraph (1), item (v)-2 of the New Act do not apply to a person seeking to renew a specified license on or after the effective date.

⑦Notwithstanding Article 101-3 and Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xi) of the New Act, prior laws continue to govern the training that a person must undergo when seeking to renew a specified license on or after the effective date.

⑧Article 101-4 of the New Act apply to a person seeking to renew a license for which the final day in the renewal period (or the day of filing an application, if a person is seeking to apply to renew a license pursuant to Article 101-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act) is on or after the date after the final day in the three-month period following the effective date.

①Notwithstanding Article 90-2 of the New Act, prior laws continue to govern a person who has passed a driver's license test for a class 2 L-MVL or class 2 S-MVL by the time this Act comes into force.

②Notwithstanding Article 96-2 and Article 97, paragraph (2) of the New Act, if a person has applied for a class 2 L-MVL or class 2 S-MVL pursuant to the Former Act by the time this Act comes into force, prior laws continue to govern the person's eligibility to take the driver's license test that the person has applied to take (other than test eligibility in connection with Article 96, paragraph (1) of the Former Act) and to govern how the driver's license test covering the point set forth in Article 97, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the New Act is administered to that person.

To apply Article 97-2, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the New Act to a person falling under the category of a specified holder of an expired license as prescribed in Article 97-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Former Act if the circumstances due to which that person could not take the driver's license arose prior to the day of promulgation of this Act, the phrase "if it has been less than one month since the date on which those compelling circumstances came to an end, but only if it has been less than three years since the expiration date" is deemed to be replaced with "if it has been less than one month since the date on which those compelling circumstances came to an end".

Article 90, paragraph (1), item (vii), Article 104-2-3, and Article 106-2, paragraph (2) of the New Act do not apply to a person notified as under Article 102, paragraph (3) or Article 107-4, paragraph (1) of the Road Traffic Act prior to the effective date.

Notwithstanding Article 103-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 107-5, paragraph (9) of the New Act), prior laws continue to govern the chief of a police station's suspension of a licensee's license (including a chief's prohibiting a person from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle) (including a person with an International Driving Permit or foreign driver's license) in connection with conduct that the licensee engages in before the effective date.

To apply Article 107-2 of the New Act to a person who, at time this Act comes into force, holds an International Driving Permit or foreign driver's license, the phrase "departs from Japan" is deemed to be replaced with "departs from Japan on or after the effective date of the Act Partially Amending the Road Traffic Act (Act No. 51 of 2001)".

To apply Article 109-3, paragraph (1) of the New Act to the operations of a person that, at the time this Act comes into force, is carrying out operations that fall under the category of operations to provide drivers with specified traffic information as referred to in that paragraph, the phrase "pursuant to Cabinet Office Order" is deemed to be replaced with "pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, by the final day in the three-month period following the date on which the Act Partially Amending the Road Traffic Act (Act No. 51 of 2001) comes into force".

Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct in which a person engages before this Act comes into force.

Beyond what is prescribed in Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions through the preceding Article, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary transitional measures associated with bringing this Act into force (including transitional measures for penal provisions).