Supplementary Provisions

This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding nine months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)-4, the provisions adding two items after that item, the provisions adding two paragraphs after Article 2, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to paragraph (3) of that Article), the provisions amending Article 20, Article 22, Article 25-2, paragraph (1), Article 25-6 and Article 25-9, the provisions adding a paragraph to Article 25-15, the provisions adding three Articles after that Article, the provisions adding one Article after Article 25-16, and the provisions amending Article 25-17, Article 25-19, Article 25-25 and Appended Table 1, item (xx)-19, and the provisions of paragraph (2) of the following Article come into effect as of the date on which the Act on Promotion of Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (Act No. 151 of 2004) comes into effect.

①With regard to representation in mediation prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)-4 of the Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance prior to its amendment (referred to as the "Former Act" in the following paragraph) that a self-employed labor and social security attorney or a labor and social security attorney corporation accepted before the date of enforcement of the provisions prescribed in the proviso to the preceding Article, and that pertains to mediation applied for before that date under Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act on Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor-Related Disputes (Act No. 112 of 2001), the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act").

②A case in which a labor and social security attorney or a labor and social security attorney corporation conducted its business before the date of enforcement of the provisions prescribed in the proviso to the preceding Article, and which falls under the items of Article 22 of the Former Act (excluding item (iv)) or the items of Article 25-17 of the Former Act, is deemed to be a case that falls under the items of Article 22, paragraph (2) of the New Act or the items of Article 25-17 of the New Act, respectively.

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

When five years have elapsed after this Act comes into effect, the government is to review, taking into consideration the status of enforcement of this Act and other circumstances, the system pertaining to the dispute resolution procedure representation business prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the New Act and, if it finds it necessary, is to take the required measures based on the results.