If a person who, on May 31, 1986, met the requirements for payment of the benefit under Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act on Reduction of State Subsidies and Other Temporary Special Measures, as Part of Measures to be Urgently Implemented for Advancement of Administrative Reform (Act No. 93 of 1981; hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "Former Administrative Reform Special Measures Act") prior to amendment by the provisions of the following Article, and had received certification under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Former Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article (including as read pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Former Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Former Administrative Reform Special Measures Act), meets on June 1 of that year the requirements for payment of the benefit under Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act, a claim for certification under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act (including as read pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act) is deemed to have been made on that day, and payment of that benefit to that person is to begin in that month, notwithstanding Article 8, paragraph (2) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act.