This Act comes into effect on April 1, 1977; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:

①The provisions then in force continue to govern compensation payments for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work or payments for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work for which the grounds for payment arose before the date on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date").

②The provisions then in force continue to govern the portion, pertaining to the period up to the day before the effective date, of disability compensation pensions, compensation pensions for surviving family, long-term illness or injury compensation benefits paid as pensions, disability pensions, pensions for surviving family or long-term illness or injury benefits paid as pensions under the provisions of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "former Industrial Accident Insurance Act").

①With regard to a worker who, before the effective date, was paid, for the same injury or illness in the course of duties, both a compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work under the provisions of Article 14 of the former Industrial Accident Insurance Act and a disability pension under the provisions of Article 47 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (Act No. 115 of 1954) or a benefit under the laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order referred to in item (ii) of Appended Table 1 of the former Industrial Accident Insurance Act which is equivalent to a disability pension under the provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, and who continues to receive those pensions on and after the effective date, the amount of the compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work under the provisions of Article 14 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "new Industrial Accident Insurance Act") to be paid to the worker for that injury or illness is, if the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of that Article is less than the amount of the compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work under the provisions of Article 14 of the former Industrial Accident Insurance Act for which the grounds for payment arose on the day before the effective date (or, if no grounds for paying a compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work arose on that day, the amount of the compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work on the last day before that day on which grounds for paying it arose), notwithstanding the provisions of Article 14 of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act, an amount equivalent to the amount of that compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work under the provisions of Article 14 of the former Industrial Accident Insurance Act.

②The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a worker who, before the effective date, was paid, for the same injury or illness due to commuting, both a payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work under the provisions of Article 22-2 of the former Industrial Accident Insurance Act and a disability pension prescribed in that paragraph or a benefit equivalent to a disability pension, and who continues to receive those pensions on and after the effective date. In this case, the phrases "Article 14 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the 'new Industrial Accident Insurance Act')" and "Article 14 of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act" in that paragraph are deemed to be replaced with "Article 22-2 of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act", the phrase "compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work" with "payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work", and the phrase "Article 14 of the former Industrial Accident Insurance Act" with "Article 22-2 of the former Industrial Accident Insurance Act".

The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of the provisions of Article 19 of the Labor Standards Act (Act No. 49 of 1947) in the case where a worker came to receive long-term illness or injury compensation benefits under the provisions of the former Industrial Accident Insurance Act before the effective date.

①An employer that had obtained the approval referred to in Article 28, paragraph (1) of the former Industrial Accident Insurance Act and an organization that had obtained the approval referred to in Article 29, paragraph (1) of the former Industrial Accident Insurance Act on the day before the effective date are deemed to have obtained the approval referred to in Article 28, paragraph (1) or Article 29, paragraph (1) of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act on the effective date.

②Insurance proceeds for commuting accidents under the provisions of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act for the employer referred to in the preceding paragraph, a person set forth in Article 27, item (ii) of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act who is associated with that employer, or a person set forth in items (iii) through (v) of that Article who is a member of the organization referred to in that paragraph, who does not fall under the persons specified by Ministry of Labour Order referred to in Article 29, paragraph (1) of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act, are to be provided for commuting accidents prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act that are caused by accidents occurring on or after the effective date.

With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 30, paragraph (1) of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act, until the date specified by Cabinet Order as the period needed to ascertain the actual conditions of commuting accidents in areas outside the area where this Act is in force, their occurrence and other circumstances, the phrase "insurance proceeds under this insurance" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "insurance proceeds for occupational accidents under this insurance", and the phrase "Chapter III and" with "Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter III and".

①With regard to a person who, on the day before the effective date, was paid, for the same reason, both insurance proceeds paid as a pension under the provisions of the former Industrial Accident Insurance Act and a disability pension or pension for surviving family under the provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act or a benefit under the laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order referred to in item (ii) of Appended Table 1 of the former Industrial Accident Insurance Act which is equivalent to a disability pension or pension for surviving family under the provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, and who continues to receive those pensions on and after the effective date, if, for the insurance proceeds paid as a pension under the provisions of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act to be paid to that person for the same reason for the month to which the effective date belongs, the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act is less than the amount of the insurance proceeds paid as a pension under the provisions of the former Industrial Accident Insurance Act for the month preceding the month to which the effective date belongs (hereinafter referred to as the "former payment amount" in this paragraph), the amount of those insurance proceeds paid as a pension for the months up to the month preceding the month in which the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act becomes the former payment amount or more is, notwithstanding the provisions of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act, an amount equivalent to that former payment amount.

②If a person to whom the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply, before the month in which the amount becomes the former payment amount prescribed in that paragraph or more, comes to be paid a disability compensation pension or disability pension corresponding to the grade of disability under which the person newly falls pursuant to the provisions of Article 15-2 of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3, paragraph (3) of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act), comes to be paid a compensation pension for surviving family or pension for surviving family with its amount revised pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-3, paragraph (3) or (4) of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-4, paragraph (3) of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act), or comes to be paid an illness or injury compensation pension or illness or injury pension corresponding to the grade of injury or illness under which the person newly falls pursuant to the provisions of Article 18-2 of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-6, paragraph (2) of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act), or otherwise comes to fall under any grounds specified by Ministry of Labour Order, the amount of those insurance proceeds paid as a pension for the months from the month following the month to which the day on which the person comes to fall under those grounds belongs up to the month preceding the month in which the amount becomes that former payment amount or more is, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Labour Order.

①With regard to the application of the provisions of Appended Table 1, item (i), (c) of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act concerning the amount of illness or injury compensation pensions under the provisions of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act in the insurance year to which the effective date belongs (meaning the period from April 1 to March 31 of the following year; the same applies hereinafter) and the insurance year following that insurance year, the phrase "'illness or injury compensation pension'" in (c) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "'long-term illness or injury compensation benefits paid as a pension'".

②With regard to the application of the provisions of Appended Table 1, item (i), (c) of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-6, paragraph (2) of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act concerning the amount of illness or injury pensions under the provisions of the new Industrial Accident Insurance Act in the insurance year to which the effective date belongs and the insurance year following that insurance year, the phrase "'illness or injury pension'" in (c) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "'long-term illness or injury benefits paid as a pension'".

①The provisions then in force continue to govern the amount of disability compensation pensions or long-term illness or injury compensation benefits paid as pensions for the period up to the day before the date specified in Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions that are to be paid to the persons prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "1965 Industrial Accident Insurance Amendment Act").

②The provisions then in force continue to govern compensation benefits for surviving family and funeral service fees pertaining to a person prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1965 Industrial Accident Insurance Amendment Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 2 who died before the date specified in Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions.

With regard to the revision of the amount of disability compensation pensions, compensation pensions for surviving family and illness or injury compensation pensions for the months from April to July of the insurance year to which the effective date belongs, and of disability compensation lump-sum payments, lump-sum compensation payments for surviving family and the lump-sum payments referred to in Article 42, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1965 Industrial Accident Insurance Amendment Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 10 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 104 of 1980; referred to as the "1980 Amendment Act" in Article 26 of the Supplementary Provisions), for which the grounds for payment arose from April 1 to July 31 of that insurance year, the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1965 Industrial Accident Insurance Amendment Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 2 (including as applied with the replacement of terms pursuant to Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, etc. prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 23 of the Supplementary Provisions and Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, etc. prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 28 of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter referred to as the "1974 Industrial Accident Insurance Amendment Act")) and the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1974 Industrial Accident Insurance Amendment Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 28 of the Supplementary Provisions remain in force even on and after the effective date. In this case, the phrase "long-term illness or injury compensation benefits" in Article 41, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1965 Industrial Accident Insurance Amendment Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 2 is deemed to be replaced with "illness or injury compensation pension".

With regard to the revision of the amount of disability pensions, pensions for surviving family and illness or injury pensions for the months from April to July of the insurance year to which the effective date belongs, and of disability lump-sum payments, lump-sum payments for surviving family and the lump-sum payments referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act (Act No. 85 of 1973; hereinafter referred to as the "1973 Industrial Accident Insurance Amendment Act") prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1980 Amendment Act, for which the grounds for payment arose from April 1 to July 31 of that insurance year, the provisions of Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1973 Industrial Accident Insurance Amendment Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of the preceding Article (including as applied with the replacement of terms pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1974 Industrial Accident Insurance Amendment Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 28 of the Supplementary Provisions) and the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1974 Industrial Accident Insurance Amendment Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 28 of the Supplementary Provisions remain in force even on and after the effective date. In this case, the phrase "long-term illness or injury benefits" in Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1973 Industrial Accident Insurance Amendment Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of the preceding Article is deemed to be replaced with "illness or injury pension".

In addition to what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, matters necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.