第二条（経過措置）
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures
With respect to an agreement under Article 36 of the Labor Standards Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") that was concluded before the date on which this Ministerial Order comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date") (excluding an agreement for which an agreement to renew that agreement is concluded on or after the Effective Date; the same applies in the following paragraph), the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act after the amendment do not apply.
この省令の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前にされた労働基準法（以下「法」という。）第三十六条の協定（当該協定を更新しようとする旨の協定が施行日以後にされるものを除く。次項において同じ。）については、改正後の労働基準法施行規則第十六条第一項の規定は、適用しない。
In the case where an agreement under Article 36 of the Act that was concluded before the Effective Date is notified pursuant to the provisions of that Article on or after the Effective Date, the form then in force may still be used.
With respect to a notification under the provisions of Article 36 of the Act in the case where an agreement to renew an agreement under that Article that was concluded before the Effective Date is concluded for the first time on or after the Effective Date, the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (2) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act do not apply.
施行日前にされた法第三十六条の協定を更新しようとする旨の協定を施行日以後最初にする場合における同条の規定による届出については、労働基準法施行規則第十七条第二項の規定は、適用しない。
略称規定附則第二条第一項
この省令の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前にされた労働基準法（以下「法」という。）第三十六条の協定（当該協定を更新しようとする旨の協定が施行日以後にされるものを除く。次項において同じ。）については…
わかりやすく言うと
この附則が属する改正省令（昭和五十七年労働省令第二十五号）が施行される日のことです。