This Act comes into effect on October 1, 1988; provided, however, that the provisions of paragraph (2) of the following Article and Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date of promulgation.

①A person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is a member of the Central Labour Relations Commission (including a person who performs the duties of a member pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (13) of the Labor Union Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1) is to lose that position at the same time as this Act comes into effect, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (11) and (13) of that Article.

②Acts necessary for the appointment of the members of the Central Labour Relations Commission under Article 19-3, paragraph (2) of the Labor Union Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 may be performed even before this Act comes into effect, in the same manner as under the provisions of that Article.

③The provisions of Article 19-3, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Labor Union Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which public interest members are appointed for the first time after this Act comes into effect.

④A person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is a staff member of the secretariat of the National Enterprise Labor Relations Commission is to become a staff member of the secretariat of the Central Labour Relations Commission under the same working conditions, unless a separate letter of appointment is issued.

①The rules of procedure established by the Central Labour Relations Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 26 of the Labor Union Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 that are in force at the time this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "former rules of procedure") are to have effect as the new rules of procedure during the period from the date on which this Act comes into effect until the day before the date on which the rules of procedure to be established by the Central Labour Relations Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 26 of the Labor Union Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "new rules of procedure") are promulgated. In this case, if the former rules of procedure deemed to have effect as the new rules of procedure cannot be followed with regard to procedures conducted by the Central Labour Relations Commission concerning the labor relationships of the staff members prescribed in Article 2, item (ii) of the National Enterprise Labor Relations Act as amended by the provisions of Article 3, the Rules of the National Enterprise Labor Relations Commission established by the National Enterprise Labor Relations Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 25-4 of the National Enterprise Labor Relations Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 3 that are in force at the time this Act comes into effect are to be followed.

②In the case where it is found inappropriate for procedures conducted by the Central Labour Relations Commission to follow the provisions of the preceding paragraph, those procedures are to be as specified by the chairperson of the Central Labour Relations Commission.

①Dispositions and other acts made before this Act comes into effect by the Central Labour Relations Commission or the National Enterprise Labor Relations Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Labor Union Act, the Labor Relations Adjustment Act or the National Enterprise Labor Relations Act prior to amendment by this Act are, except for those for which Cabinet Order provides otherwise, deemed to be dispositions and other acts made by the Central Labour Relations Commission pursuant to the corresponding provisions of those Acts as amended by this Act.

②Applications and other procedures that, at the time this Act comes into effect, have been made to the Central Labour Relations Commission or the National Enterprise Labor Relations Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Labor Union Act, the Labor Relations Adjustment Act or the National Enterprise Labor Relations Act prior to amendment by this Act are, except for those for which Cabinet Order provides otherwise, deemed to be procedures made to the Central Labour Relations Commission pursuant to the corresponding provisions of those Acts as amended by this Act.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. The same applies to the application of penal provisions to acts committed after this Act comes into effect by a person who was a member or staff member of the National Enterprise Labor Relations Commission.

Beyond what is provided for in Articles 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.