附 則
Supplementary Provisions
第一条（施行期日）
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
この法律は、公布の日から施行する。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。
Article 2 (limited to the provision revising the table of contents of the Basic Act on Disaster Management (limited to the part replacing "Subsection 3 Transportation of Disaster Victims (Article 86-14)" with "/Subsection 3 Transportation of Disaster Victims (Article 86-14)/Subsection 4 Provision of Safety Information, etc. (Article 86-15)/", replacing "Article 86-15 to Article 86-17" with "Article 86-16 to Article 86-18", and adding "to Article 90-4" after "Article 90-2"), the provision revising Article 71, paragraph (1) of the same Act, the provision in Chapter V, Section 6 of the same Act renumbering Article 86-17 as Article 86-18, Article 86-16 as Article 86-17, and Article 86-15 as Article 86-16, the provision adding one Subsection to Chapter V, Section 5 of the same Act, and the provision adding two Articles after Article 90-2 in Chapter VII of the same Act), the provisions of Article 3, Article 5 and Article 6, and the provisions of Article 4, Article 6, Article 9, Article 10, Article 11 (limited to the provision revising Article 27, paragraph (3) of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Countermeasures for Large-Scale Earthquakes (Act No. 73 of 1978)), Article 13 (limited to the provision, in the table in Article 28, paragraph (1) of the Act on Special Measures for Responding to Nuclear Disasters (Act No. 156 of 1999), adding a row as follows after the row for Article 86, paragraphs (1) and (2), the provision revising the row for Article 90-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) in the same table, the provision revising the row for Article 86-15, paragraphs (1) and (2) in the table in Article 28, paragraph (2) of the same Act, the provision revising the row for Article 86-16 in the same table, and the provision revising the row for Article 86-17, paragraphs (1) and (2) in the same table), Article 15 (limited to the provision revising Article 86 of the Act Concerning Measures for the Protection of the People in Armed Attack Situations, etc. (Act No. 112 of 2004)), and Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation;
第二条（災害対策基本法目次の改正規定（「第三款 被災者の運送（第八十六条の十四）」を「／第三款 被災者の運送（第八十六条の十四）／第四款 安否情報の提供等（第八十六条の十五）／」に、「第八十六条の十五―第八十六条の十七」を「第八十六条の十六―第八十六条の十八」に改め、「第九十条の二」の下に「―第九十条の四」を加える部分に限る。）、同法第七十一条第一項の改正規定、同法第五章第六節中第八十六条の十七を第八十六条の十八とし、第八十六条の十六を第八十六条の十七とし、第八十六条の十五を第八十六条の十六とする改正規定、同法第五章第五節に一款を加える改正規定及び同法第七章中第九十条の二の次に二条を加える改正規定に限る。）、第三条、第五条及び第六条の規定並びに附則第四条、第六条、第九条、第十条、第十一条（大規模地震対策特別措置法（昭和五十三年法律第七十三号）第二十七条第三項の改正規定に限る。）、第十三条（原子力災害対策特別措置法（平成十一年法律第百五十六号）第二十八条第一項の表第八十六条第一項及び第二項の項の次に次のように加える改正規定、同表第九十条の二第一項及び第二項の項の改正規定、同法第二十八条第二項の表第八十六条の十五第一項及び第二項の項の改正規定、同表第八十六条の十六の項の改正規定及び同表第八十六条の十七第一項及び第二項の項の改正規定に限る。）、第十五条（武力攻撃事態等における国民の保護のための措置に関する法律（平成十六年法律第百十二号）第八十六条の改正規定に限る。）及び第十六条の規定 公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
The provisions of Article 2 (excluding the revising provisions set out in the preceding item) and the provisions of Article 13 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the revising provisions set out in that item): the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation.
第二条（検討）
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Review
The government is to, at an appropriate time after this Act comes into effect, examine the state of enforcement of the provisions as amended by the provisions of Article 1 and Article 2, and if it finds it necessary, take necessary measures based on the results.
政府は、この法律の施行後適当な時期において、第一条及び第二条の規定による改正後の規定の施行の状況について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
第三条（災害対策基本法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Basic Act on Disaster Management
The provisions of Article 102 of the Basic Act on Disaster Management as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (referred to as the "New Basic Act on Disaster Management" in Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions) apply to a disaster prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article that occurred on or after April 1, 2013.
第二十二条（政令への委任）
Supplementary Provisions, Article 22Delegation to Cabinet Order
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。
定義第二条第一項第一号・法令全体に適用
暴風、竜巻、豪雨、豪雪、洪水、崖崩れ、土石流、高潮、地震、津波、地盤の液状化、噴火、地滑りその他の異常な自然現象又は大規模な火事若しくは爆発その他その及ぼす被害の程度においてこれらに類する政令で定める原因により生ずる被害
わかりやすく言うと
暴風、豪雨、地震、津波、噴火などの異常な自然現象や、大規模な火事・爆発によって生じる被害のことです。被害の程度がこれらに似た原因で政令で定めるものによる被害も含まれます。