Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Concerning Monthly Premiums
第二条（掛金月額に関する経過措置）
With regard to a retirement allowance mutual aid contract whose monthly premium is less than 1,200 yen at the time of the enforcement of this Act, notwithstanding Article 4, paragraph (2) of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act"), the monthly premium may be kept at that amount of less than 1,200 yen for one year from the day of the enforcement of this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"); provided, however, that this does not apply on or after the day on which the monthly premium is increased to an amount of 1,200 yen or more pursuant to Article 9 of the New Act.
With regard to those among the retirement allowance mutual aid contracts under the preceding paragraph for which the Minister of Labour has certified that it is extremely difficult to increase the monthly premium to 1,200 yen or more after the lapse of the period prescribed in the main clause of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "certified contracts"), notwithstanding Article 4, paragraph (2) of the New Act, the monthly premium may be kept at the amount of less than 1,200 yen referred to in the preceding paragraph even after the lapse of that period, until the date specified by Order of the Ministry of Labour. In this case, the proviso to that paragraph applies mutatis mutandis.
Matters necessary for the certification under the preceding paragraph are specified by Order of the Ministry of Labour.
前項の規定による認定に関し必要な事項は、労働省令で定める。
The monthly premium for a retirement allowance mutual aid contract (excluding certified contracts) whose monthly premium is less than 1,200 yen at the time of expiry of the period prescribed in the main clause of paragraph (1) is deemed to have been increased to 1,200 yen at the time of expiry of that period.
The monthly premium for a certified contract whose monthly premium is less than 1,200 yen at the time of expiry of the period up to the date specified by Order of the Ministry of Labour prescribed in paragraph (2) is deemed to have been increased to 1,200 yen at the time of expiry of that period.
With regard to a retirement allowance mutual aid contract relating to a covered employee who is a mariner to whom the Mariners Act (Act No. 100 of 1947) applies, the term "Minister of Labour" in paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Minister of Transport", and the term "Order of the Ministry of Labour" in paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "Order of the Ministry of Transport".
retirement allowance mutual aid contractmachine translation
「退職金共済契約」
A contract under which an employer (事業主) promises to pay premiums (掛金) to the Organization for Workers' Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid (独立行政法人勤労者退職金共済機構) and the Organization promises to pay a retirement allowance (退職金), as this Act provides, when the employer's employees leave; a specified-industry retirement allowance mutual aid contract (特定業種退職金共済契約) is not one.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (3)· applies throughout the law
covered employeemachine translation
「被共済者」
A person to whom the Organization (機構) must pay a retirement allowance (退職金) when they leave their employment, under a retirement allowance mutual aid contract (退職金共済契約) or a specified-industry retirement allowance mutual aid contract (特定業種退職金共済契約).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (7)· applies throughout the law
the New Actmachine translation
「新法」
This Act as amended by Act No. 45 of 1980.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
the Effective Datemachine translation
「施行日」
The date Act No. 45 of 1980, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
certified contractmachine translation
「認定契約」
In Article 2 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 45 of 1980, a retirement allowance mutual aid contract (退職金共済契約) whose monthly premium (掛金月額) was under 1,200 yen when that Act came into effect and which the Minister of Labour (労働大臣) has certified would find it extremely hard to raise the premium to 1,200 yen or more after the first year; it may keep the lower premium until a day an Order of the Ministry of Labour (労働省令) sets.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)