Supplementary Provisions

This Act comes into force as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation.

The Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance (Act No. 84 of 1969) is partially amended as follows.

For the insurance year including the effective date and for three insurance years following the insurance year, the phrase "the injury rate pertaining to industrial injury (meaning the industrial injury set forth in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i) of the same Act; the same applies hereinafter) and commuting injury (meaning the commuting injury set forth in item (ii) of the same paragraph; the same applies in paragraph (3)) during the past three years" in Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Act on Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance as amended by the provisions of the preceding Article is deemed to be replaced with "the injury rate pertaining to industrial injury (meaning the industrial injury set forth in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i) of the same Act; the same applies hereinafter) during the past three years and the injury rate or the prospective value thereof pertaining to commuting injury (meaning the commuting injury set forth in item (ii) of the same paragraph; the same applies in paragraph (3)) during the insurance year including the effective date of the Act for Partial Amendment of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act (Act No. 85 of 1973; hereinafter referred to as the "Amended Act of 1973") and three insurance years following the insurance year", and the phrase "the injury rate pertaining to commuting injury...during the past three years" in paragraph (3) of the same Article with "the injury rate or the prospective value thereof pertaining to commuting injury...during the insurance year including the effective date of the Amended Act of 1973 and three insurance years following the insurance year."

The provisions of Article 17 of the Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance do not apply to the labor insurance premiums of the businesses in respect of which the insurance relation of labor insurance pertaining to the industrial accident insurance prescribed by Article 3 of the Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance has been established at the time of enforcement of this Act, in respect of the insurance year including the effective date.