Supplementary Provisions

This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2000; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the date prescribed in each item.

Beyond what is set forth in the respective laws prior to amendment by this Act, the administrative affairs of the national government, other local governments and other public entities that were managed or executed by local government organs in accordance with any law or Cabinet Order thereunder before the enforcement of this Act (referred to as the "administrative affairs of the national government, etc." in Article 161 of the Supplementary Provisions), after the enforcement of this Act, are to be handled by local governments as the administrative affairs of the local governments in accordance with any law or Cabinet Order thereunder.

①With regard to the application of the respective amended laws on and after the effective date of this Act (in the case of the provisions listed in each item of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, each provision; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and in Article 163 of the Supplementary Provisions), the dispositions of permission, etc. and other acts taken pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws prior to revision before the enforcement of this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "dispositions and other acts" in this Article) or the requests for permission, etc. and other acts already taken pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws prior to amendment at the time of enforcement of this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "requests and other acts" in this Article) for which the person who is to conduct administrative affairs pertaining to these acts is to be different on the effective date of this Act, are regarded as the dispositions and other acts, or the requests and other acts, taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective revised laws, excluding those specified in the provisions of Article 2 to the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions or in the provisions concerning transitional measures in the respective revised laws (including orders thereunder).

②With regard to the matters for which reports, notifications, submissions and other procedures were required to be made to national or local government organs pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws prior to the amendment before the enforcement of this Act, and for which those procedures were not carried out before the effective date of this Act, the provisions of the respective laws amended by this Act apply, except as otherwise provided for in this Act or Cabinet Order thereunder, by regarding the matters as the matters for which reports, notifications, submissions and other procedures are required to be made to the corresponding organs of national or local government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective revised laws, and for which those procedures have not been carried out.

①With regard to filing of objections under the Administrative Complaint Review Act concerning dispositions pertaining to the administrative affairs of the national government, etc. that were made before the effective date, and for which there was a higher administrative authority provided for in the same Act (hereinafter referred to as the "higher administrative authority" in this Article) than the administrative agency that made the dispositions (hereinafter referred to as the "administrative agency reaching the disposition" in this Article) before the effective date, it is deemed that there is a higher administrative authority than the administrative agency reaching the disposition even after the effective date, and the provisions of the Administrative Complaint Review Act apply. In this case, the administrative agency deemed to be the higher administrative authority of the administrative agency reaching the disposition will be the administrative agency that was the higher administrative authority of the agency before the effective date.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the administrative agency deemed as the higher administrative authority is a local government organ, the affairs to be handled by the organ pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Complaint Review Act are Type-1 statutory entrusted functions prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the New Local Autonomy Act.

With regard to the fees required to be paid pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws (including orders thereunder) prior to amendment by this Act before the effective date, except as otherwise provided for in this Act and Cabinet Order thereunder, the provisions then in force remain applicable.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts performed prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force remain applicable

Beyond what is set forth in these Supplementary Provisions, any necessary transitional measure for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.

Efforts will be made for ensuring that the Type-1 statutory entrusted functions prescribed by Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the New Local Autonomy Act are not newly established as much as possible, and those listed in the Appended Table 1 of the New Local Autonomy Act and those indicated in Cabinet Order under the same Act will be subjected to review and appropriately amended from time to time from the viewpoint of promoting decentralization.

To enable local governments to execute their administrative affairs and services autonomously and independently, the government, while taking into consideration of trends in economic circumstances, review means of enhancing and securing local tax revenues in accordance with the distribution of roles between the national and local governments, and take necessary measures based on the result of the review.