Supplementary Provisions, Article 3
第三条
The formulation of guidelines under the provisions set forth in each of the following items, and the procedures and other acts necessary in connection therewith, may be carried out even before this Act comes into effect, in accordance with the provisions specified in the respective items.
次の各号に掲げる規定による指針の策定及びこれに関し必要な手続その他の行為は、この法律の施行前においても、当該各号に定める規定の例により行うことができる。
Article 33, paragraph (4) of the Act on Comprehensively Advancing Labor Measures, and Stabilizing the Employment of Workers, and Enriching Workers' Vocational Lives as amended by Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "amended Act on Comprehensively Advancing Labor Measures" in this Article and the following Article) (including as applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 47, paragraph (2) of the amended Act on Comprehensively Advancing Labor Measures; hereinafter the same applies in this item and the following paragraph): Article 33, paragraph (4) of the amended Act on Comprehensively Advancing Labor Measures, and Article 31, paragraphs (4) and (5) of the amended Act on Comprehensively Advancing Labor Measures as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article (including as those provisions are applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 47, paragraph (2) of the amended Act on Comprehensively Advancing Labor Measures)
第二条の規定による改正後の労働施策の総合的な推進並びに労働者の雇用の安定及び職業生活の充実等に関する法律（以下この条及び次条において「第二条改正後労働施策総合推進法」という。）第三十三条第四項（第二条改正後労働施策総合推進法第四十七条第二項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。以下この号及び次項において同じ。） 第二条改正後労働施策総合推進法第三十三条第四項並びに同条第五項において準用する第二条改正後労働施策総合推進法第三十一条第四項及び第五項（これらの規定を第二条改正後労働施策総合推進法第四十七条第二項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）
The guidelines formulated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are deemed, on the date on which this Act comes into effect, to be the guidelines formulated pursuant to the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (4) of the amended Act on Comprehensively Advancing Labor Measures and the guidelines formulated pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (3) of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act as amended, respectively.
前項の規定により策定された指針は、この法律の施行の日において、それぞれ第二条改正後労働施策総合推進法第三十三条第四項の規定により策定された指針及び改正後男女雇用機会均等法第十三条第三項の規定により策定された指針とみなす。