Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2000; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the day specified in the relevant item.
この法律は、平成十二年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
The provisions of Article 1 amending the Local Autonomy Act by adding five Articles, a Section title, and two Subsections and Subsection titles after Article 250 of that Act (limited to the part pertaining to Article 250-9, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to the part pertaining to obtaining the consent of both Houses)), the provisions of Article 40 amending paragraphs (9) and (10) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Natural Parks Act (limited to the part pertaining to paragraph (10) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act), the provisions of Article 244 (excluding the part pertaining to the provisions amending Article 14-3 of the Agricultural Improvement Promotion Act) and the provisions of Article 472 (excluding the part pertaining to the provisions amending Articles 6, 8 and 17 of the Act on Special Provisions Concerning the Merger of Municipalities), and the provisions of Articles 7, 10 and 12, the proviso to Article 59, Article 60, paragraphs (4) and (5), Articles 73 and 77, Article 157, paragraphs (4) through (6), and Articles 160, 163, 164 and 202 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
第一条中地方自治法第二百五十条の次に五条、節名並びに二款及び款名を加える改正規定（同法第二百五十条の九第一項に係る部分（両議院の同意を得ることに係る部分に限る。）に限る。）、第四十条中自然公園法附則第九項及び第十項の改正規定（同法附則第十項に係る部分に限る。）、第二百四十四条の規定（農業改良助長法第十四条の三の改正規定に係る部分を除く。）並びに第四百七十二条の規定（市町村の合併の特例に関する法律第六条、第八条及び第十七条の改正規定に係る部分を除く。）並びに附則第七条、第十条、第十二条、第五十九条ただし書、第六十条第四項及び第五項、第七十三条、第七十七条、第百五十七条第四項から第六項まで、第百六十条、第百六十三条、第百六十四条並びに第二百二条の規定 公布の日
Supplementary Provisions, Article 31Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Basic Act on Disaster Management
第三十一条（災害対策基本法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
An approval given before the Effective Date pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (3) of the Basic Act on Disaster Management prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 66 (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "Former Basic Act on Disaster Management"), or an application for approval pending at the time this Act comes into effect pursuant to that paragraph, is deemed to be, respectively, a consultation held on not establishing a municipal disaster management council pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (4) of the Basic Act on Disaster Management after the amendment by the provisions of Article 66 (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "New Basic Act on Disaster Management"), or a request for consultation on that matter.
施行日前に第六十六条の規定による改正前の災害対策基本法（以下この条において「旧災害対策基本法」という。）第十六条第三項の規定によりされた承認又はこの法律の施行の際現に同項の規定によりされている承認の申請は、それぞれ第六十六条の規定による改正後の災害対策基本法（以下この条において「新災害対策基本法」という。）第十六条第四項の規定により市町村防災会議を設置しないことについてされた協議又は当該協議の申出とみなす。
A designated-area prefectural disaster management plan prepared before the Effective Date pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management, a designated-area municipal disaster management plan prepared pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (1) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management, or a request for consultation pending at the time this Act comes into effect pursuant to Article 40, paragraph (3) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (3) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management, or pursuant to Article 42, paragraph (3) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (3) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management, is deemed to be, respectively, a multi-prefecture mutual area disaster management plan prepared pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (1) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management, a multi-municipality area disaster management plan prepared pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (1) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management, or a request for consultation made pursuant to Article 40, paragraph (3) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (3) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management, or pursuant to Article 42, paragraph (3) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (3) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management.
施行日前に旧災害対策基本法第四十三条第一項の規定により作成された指定地域都道府県防災計画若しくは旧災害対策基本法第四十四条第一項の規定により作成された指定地域市町村防災計画又はこの法律の施行の際現に旧災害対策基本法第四十三条第三項において準用する旧災害対策基本法第四十条第三項若しくは旧災害対策基本法第四十四条第三項において準用する旧災害対策基本法第四十二条第三項の規定によりされている協議の申出は、それぞれ新災害対策基本法第四十三条第一項の規定により作成された都道府県相互間地域防災計画若しくは新災害対策基本法第四十四条第一項の規定により作成された市町村相互間地域防災計画又は新災害対策基本法第四十三条第三項において準用する新災害対策基本法第四十条第三項若しくは新災害対策基本法第四十四条第三項において準用する新災害対策基本法第四十二条第三項の規定によりされた協議の申出とみなす。
The affairs that, at the time this Act comes into effect, are being conducted by a mayor of a municipality to whom part of the authority of the prefectural governor has been delegated pursuant to Article 71, paragraph (2) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management are deemed to be affairs that a mayor of a municipality is to conduct pursuant to Article 71, paragraph (2) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management.
この法律の施行の際現に旧災害対策基本法第七十一条第二項の規定により都道府県知事の権限の一部を委任されて市町村長が行っている事務は、新災害対策基本法第七十一条第二項の規定により市町村長が行うこととされた事務とみなす。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 159Affairs of the State, Etc.
第百五十九条（国等の事務）
Beyond what is provided for in the respective Acts prior to amendment by this Act, the affairs of the State, other local governments or other public entities that, before this Act comes into effect, an organ of a local government managed or executed pursuant to an Act or a Cabinet Order based on it (referred to as "affairs of the State, etc." in Article 161 of the Supplementary Provisions) are, after this Act comes into effect, to be handled by the local government as affairs of that local government pursuant to an Act or a Cabinet Order based on it.
この法律による改正前のそれぞれの法律に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行前において、地方公共団体の機関が法律又はこれに基づく政令により管理し又は執行する国、他の地方公共団体その他公共団体の事務（附則第百六十一条において「国等の事務」という。）は、この法律の施行後は、地方公共団体が法律又はこれに基づく政令により当該地方公共団体の事務として処理するものとする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 160Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions, Applications, Etc.
第百六十条（処分、申請等に関する経過措置）
A disposition such as a permission or other act carried out before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those respective provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and in Article 163 of the Supplementary Provisions) comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to amendment (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "disposition or other act"), or an application for a permission or other act actually made pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to amendment at the time this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to in this Article as an "application or other act"), for which the person who is to carry out the administrative affairs pertaining to that act will differ as of the date on which this Act comes into effect, is, except as provided for in the provisions of Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions or in the provisions concerning transitional measures of the respective Acts after amendment (including orders based on them), deemed to be a disposition or other act or an application or other act carried out pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective Acts after amendment, with regard to the application of the respective Acts after amendment on or after the date on which this Act comes into effect.
この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定。以下この条及び附則第百六十三条において同じ。）の施行前に改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされた許可等の処分その他の行為（以下この条において「処分等の行為」という。）又はこの法律の施行の際現に改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされている許可等の申請その他の行為（以下この条において「申請等の行為」という。）で、この法律の施行の日においてこれらの行為に係る行政事務を行うべき者が異なることとなるものは、附則第二条から前条までの規定又は改正後のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。）の経過措置に関する規定に定めるものを除き、この法律の施行の日以後における改正後のそれぞれの法律の適用については、改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当規定によりされた処分等の行為又は申請等の行為とみなす。
With regard to matters for which, before this Act comes into effect, a report, notification, submission or other procedure had to be made to an organ of the State or an organ of a local government pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to amendment and for which that procedure has not been carried out before the date on which this Act comes into effect, except as otherwise provided for in this Act or a Cabinet Order based on it, the provisions of the respective Acts as amended by this Act apply by deeming those matters to be matters for which a report, notification, submission or other procedure must be made to the corresponding organ of the State or the corresponding organ of a local government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective Acts after amendment and for which that procedure has not been carried out.
この法律の施行前に改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定により国又は地方公共団体の機関に対し報告、届出、提出その他の手続をしなければならない事項で、この法律の施行の日前にその手続がされていないものについては、この法律及びこれに基づく政令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、これを、改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当規定により国又は地方公共団体の相当の機関に対して報告、届出、提出その他の手続をしなければならない事項についてその手続がされていないものとみなして、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の規定を適用する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 161Transitional Measures Concerning Appeals
第百六十一条（不服申立てに関する経過措置）
With regard to an appeal under the Administrative Complaint Review Act against a disposition pertaining to affairs of the State, etc. that was made before the effective date and for which the administrative agency that made the disposition (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "the agency that made the disposition") had, before the effective date, a higher administrative agency prescribed in that Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "higher administrative agency"), the provisions of the Administrative Complaint Review Act apply by deeming the agency that made the disposition to continue to have a higher administrative agency even on or after the effective date. In this case, the administrative agency deemed to be the higher administrative agency of the agency that made the disposition is the administrative agency that was the higher administrative agency of that agency before the effective date.
施行日前にされた国等の事務に係る処分であって、当該処分をした行政庁（以下この条において「処分庁」という。）に施行日前に行政不服審査法に規定する上級行政庁（以下この条において「上級行政庁」という。）があったものについての同法による不服申立てについては、施行日以後においても、当該処分庁に引き続き上級行政庁があるものとみなして、行政不服審査法の規定を適用する。この場合において、当該処分庁の上級行政庁とみなされる行政庁は、施行日前に当該処分庁の上級行政庁であった行政庁とする。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the administrative agency deemed to be the higher administrative agency is an organ of a local government, the affairs that the organ is to handle pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Complaint Review Act are Type 1 statutory entrusted affairs prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the new Local Autonomy Act.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 162Transitional Measures Concerning Fees
第百六十二条（手数料に関する経過措置）
The provisions then in force continue to govern fees that were to be paid before the Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to amendment by this Act (including orders based on them), except as otherwise provided for in this Act or a Cabinet Order based on it.
施行日前においてこの法律による改正前のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。）の規定により納付すべきであった手数料については、この法律及びこれに基づく政令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 163Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第百六十三条（罰則に関する経過措置）
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.
この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 164Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order
第百六十四条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 250Review
第二百五十条（検討）
With regard to Type 1 statutory entrusted affairs prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the new Local Autonomy Act, care is to be taken to avoid establishing new ones as far as possible, and those set forth in Appended Table 1 of the new Local Autonomy Act and those indicated in Cabinet Orders based on the new Local Autonomy Act are to be reviewed from the standpoint of promoting decentralization and appropriately revised as needed.
新地方自治法第二条第九項第一号に規定する第一号法定受託事務については、できる限り新たに設けることのないようにするとともに、新地方自治法別表第一に掲げるもの及び新地方自治法に基づく政令に示すものについては、地方分権を推進する観点から検討を加え、適宜、適切な見直しを行うものとする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 251
第二百五十一条
The government is to consider ways of enhancing and securing local tax revenue sources in accordance with the division of roles between the State and local governments so that local governments are able to carry out their affairs and business autonomously and independently, while taking into consideration changes in economic conditions and other circumstances, and is to take necessary measures based on the results of that consideration.
政府は、地方公共団体が事務及び事業を自主的かつ自立的に執行できるよう、国と地方公共団体との役割分担に応じた地方税財源の充実確保の方途について、経済情勢の推移等を勘案しつつ検討し、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
New Basic Act on Disaster Managementmachine translation
「新災害対策基本法」
This Act as amended by Article 66 of Act No. 87 of 1999.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 31, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
Former Basic Act on Disaster Managementmachine translation
「旧災害対策基本法」
This Act as it stood before Article 66 of Act No. 87 of 1999 amended it.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 31, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
affairs of the State, etc.machine translation
「国等の事務」
In the supplementary provisions of Act No. 87 of 1999, work of the State, of another local government or of another public body that an organ of a local government managed or carried out under an Act (法律) or a Cabinet Order (政令) before that Act comes into effect, which the local government then handles as its own affairs.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 159, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 161
disposition or other actmachine translation
「処分等の行為」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 87 of 1999, a permission or other disposition (処分), or another act, done under a law's provisions. Article 160 treats such an act done under the laws as they stood before that Act (or, for a provision Article 1 of its supplementary provisions lists, that provision) came into effect, where the official who is to handle the matter changes on the day it comes into effect, as done under the corresponding provisions of the laws as that Act amended them, except as Articles 2 to 159 of its supplementary provisions or the transitional provisions of the amended laws, including orders made under them, provide otherwise.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 160, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
application or other actmachine translation
「申請等の行為」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 87 of 1999, an application for a permission or the like, or another act, made under a law's provisions. Article 160 treats such an application or act made under the laws as they stood before that Act (or, for a provision Article 1 of its supplementary provisions lists, that provision) and still pending when it came into effect, where the official who is to handle the matter changes on the day it comes into effect, as done under the corresponding provisions of the laws as that Act amended them, except as Articles 2 to 159 of its supplementary provisions or the transitional provisions of the amended laws, including orders made under them, provide otherwise.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 160, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
higher administrative Agencymachine translation
「上級行政庁」
The government agency ranking above the one that made a decision, which hears administrative appeals against that decision.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 161, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
the Agency that made the dispositionmachine translation
「処分庁」
The administrative agency that issued the decision being appealed.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 161, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article