Supplementary Provisions

This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding nine months from the date of promulgation.

①A person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, has actually obtained the license under Article 30, paragraph (1) or Article 33, paragraph (1) of the Employment Security Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Employment Security Act") (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "Former License") is deemed, respectively, on the day this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), to be a person who has obtained the license under Article 30, paragraph (1) or Article 33, paragraph (1) of the Employment Security Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Employment Security Act") (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "New License"). In this case, the validity period of the New License pertaining to a person deemed to have obtained that New License is, notwithstanding Article 32-6, paragraph (1) or Article 33, paragraph (3) of the New Employment Security Act, the same period as the longest remaining period among the remaining periods of the validity period of the Former License pertaining to that person on the Effective Date.

②A person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, has already applied for a license under Article 30, paragraph (1) or Article 33, paragraph (1) of the Former Employment Security Act (excluding a person prescribed in the following paragraph and paragraph (4)) is deemed to be a person who applied for a license under Article 30, paragraph (1) or Article 33, paragraph (1) of the New Employment Security Act, respectively, on the Effective Date.

③A person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, currently holds a license under Article 30, paragraph (1) of the Former Employment Security Act and who has applied for a license under that paragraph for a place of business other than the place of business covered by that license is deemed to be a person who, on the Effective Date, submitted the notification under Article 32-7, paragraph (1) of the New Employment Security Act for the place of business covered by that application.

④A person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, currently holds a license under Article 33, paragraph (1) of the Former Employment Security Act and who has applied for a license under that paragraph for a place of business other than the place of business covered by that license is deemed to be a person who, on the Effective Date, submitted the notification under Article 32-7, paragraph (1) of the New Employment Security Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33, paragraph (4) of the New Employment Security Act for the place of business covered by that application.

①With regard to the deposit of a security deposit that was to be deposited pursuant to the provisions of Article 32-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Employment Security Act before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

②A person who has deposited a security deposit pursuant to the provisions of Article 32-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Employment Security Act on or after the Effective Date may, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, withdraw the security deposit pertaining to that deposit.

③The withdrawal of the security deposit under the preceding paragraph may not be made unless a public notice has been given, to a person who held the right under Article 32-2, paragraph (2) of the Former Employment Security Act over that security deposit before the Effective Date, to the effect that the person should come forward within a fixed period of not less than six months, and no one has come forward during that period; provided, however, that this does not apply when 10 years have passed from the Effective Date.

④Procedures necessary for the public notice under the preceding paragraph and for other matters concerning the withdrawal of a security deposit are specified by Ministry of Justice Order and Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

A license certificate that has already been delivered to a person, at the time this Act comes into effect, pursuant to the provisions of Article 32-4, paragraph (1) of the Former Employment Security Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33, paragraph (4) of the Former Employment Security Act) is deemed to be a license certificate delivered pursuant to the provisions of Article 32-4, paragraph (1) of the New Employment Security Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33, paragraph (4) of the New Employment Security Act).

A person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, has already made the statement under Article 32-12, paragraph (1) of the Former Employment Security Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33, paragraph (4) of the Former Employment Security Act) is deemed to be a person who, on the Effective Date, made a notification under the provisions of Article 32-12, paragraph (1) of the New Employment Security Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33, paragraph (4) of the New Employment Security Act).

①A person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, currently holds a license under Article 36, paragraph (1) of the Former Employment Security Act for what corresponds to the worker recruitment prescribed in Article 36, paragraph (1) of the New Employment Security Act is deemed to be a person who obtained a license under Article 36, paragraph (1) of the New Employment Security Act on the Effective Date.

②A person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, currently holds a license under Article 36, paragraph (1) of the Former Employment Security Act for what corresponds to the worker recruitment prescribed in Article 36, paragraph (3) of the New Employment Security Act is deemed to be a person who made the notification under Article 36, paragraph (3) of the New Employment Security Act on the Effective Date.

③A person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, has already made an application for a license under Article 36, paragraph (1) of the Former Employment Security Act, being an application for a license pertaining to what corresponds to the worker recruitment prescribed in Article 36, paragraph (1) of the New Employment Security Act, is deemed to be a person who applied for a license under that paragraph on the Effective Date.

④A person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, has already made an application for a license under Article 36, paragraph (1) of the Former Employment Security Act, being an application for a license pertaining to what corresponds to the worker recruitment prescribed in Article 36, paragraph (3) of the New Employment Security Act, is deemed to be a person who made the notification under that paragraph on the Effective Date.

With regard to the revocation of a license, or an order to suspend a business or operations, against a person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is carrying out employment placement services, worker recruitment or worker supply services after having obtained a license or filed a notification pursuant to the provisions of the Former Employment Security Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern as to grounds arising before this Act comes into effect.

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

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 Articles 7 and 10 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.