This Act comes into effect as of the day on which the Act for Establishment of the Children and Families Agency (Act No. 75 of 2022) comes into effect; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation of this Act.

①An approval, designation or other disposition, or a notice or other act, done by the former national organ under the provisions of the respective Acts before their amendment by this Act (including orders based thereon; hereinafter referred to in this Article and the following Article as the "former laws and regulations") before this Act comes into effect is, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, deemed, after this Act comes into effect, to be an approval, designation or other disposition, or a notice or other act, done by the equivalent national organ under the equivalent provisions of the respective Acts after their amendment by this Act (including orders based thereon; hereinafter referred to in this Article and the following Article as the "new laws and regulations").

②An application, notification or other act that has actually been made to the former national organ under the provisions of the former laws and regulations as of the time this Act comes into effect is, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, deemed, after this Act comes into effect, to be an application, notification or other act made to the equivalent national organ under the equivalent provisions of the new laws and regulations.

③With regard to a matter for which an application, notification or other procedure was required to be made to the former national organ under the provisions of the former laws and regulations before this Act comes into effect, and for which that procedure has not been made to the former national organ before the day on which this Act comes into effect, the provisions of the new laws and regulations apply, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, after this Act comes into effect, by deeming that procedure not to have been made to the equivalent national organ under the equivalent provisions of the new laws and regulations.

A Cabinet Office Order under Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office, or a Ministerial Order under Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act (Act No. 120 of 1948), issued under the provisions of the former laws and regulations is to have effect, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, after this Act comes into effect, as the equivalent Cabinet Office Order under Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office, or the equivalent Ministerial Order under Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act, issued based on the equivalent provisions of the new laws and regulations.

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.

Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through Article 4 and the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.