This Act comes into effect on August 1, 2011; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:

With regard to the daily amount of the basic allowance and the daily amount of wages for qualified recipients of the basic allowance whose day of separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification is before the date on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date") (hereinafter referred to as "former qualified recipients"), the provisions then in force continue to govern.

The daily amount of the injury and disease allowance for former qualified recipients is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (3) of the Employment Insurance Act as amended by Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "new Employment Insurance Act"), the amount equivalent to the daily amount of the basic allowance under the provisions of the preceding Article.

With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 37-4 of the new Employment Insurance Act to elderly qualified recipients whose day of separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification for the elderly is before the effective date, the phrase "in the case where the provisions of Articles 16 through 18 (excluding Article 17, paragraph (4), item (ii)) are applied, deeming the person to be a qualified recipient prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (1)" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "in the case where the provisions of Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employment Insurance Act and the Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance (Act No. 46 of 2011; hereinafter referred to as the "amending Act" in this Article) are applied, deeming the person to be a former qualified recipient prescribed in that Article (excluding the case pertaining to Article 17, paragraph (4), item (ii) prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the amending Act)", and the phrase "Article 17, paragraph (4), item (ii), (d)" in paragraph (2) of that Article with "Article 17, paragraph (4), item (ii), (d) prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the amending Act".

With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 40 of the new Employment Insurance Act to specially qualified recipients whose day of separation from service pertaining to the special recipient qualification is before the effective date, the phrase "deemed to be a qualified recipient prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (1), Articles 16 through 18" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "deemed to be a former qualified recipient prescribed in Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employment Insurance Act and the Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance (Act No. 46 of 2011; referred to as the "amending Act" in the following paragraph), that Article", and the phrase "Article 17, paragraph (4)" in paragraph (2) of that Article with "Article 17, paragraph (4) prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the amending Act".

The provisions of Article 56-3 of the new Employment Insurance Act apply to the payment of the employment promotion allowance to qualified recipients, etc. prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article (hereinafter referred to as "qualified recipients, etc." in this Article) who have taken up employment on or after the effective date, and with regard to the payment of the employment promotion allowance to qualified recipients, etc. who took up employment before the effective date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 61-4, paragraph (4) of the new Employment Insurance Act to an insured person for whom the day preceding the day on which the person began the leave pertaining to the payment of childcare leave benefits falls before the effective date, the phrase "qualified recipient" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "former qualified recipient prescribed in Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employment Insurance Act and the Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance (Act No. 46 of 2011; hereinafter referred to as the "amending Act" in this paragraph)", the phrase "Article 17" with "that Article", and the phrase "of that Article" with "of Article 17 prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 1 of the amending Act".

With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 61-6, paragraph (4) of the new Employment Insurance Act to an insured person for whom the day preceding the day on which the person began the leave pertaining to the payment of nursing care leave benefits falls before the effective date, the phrase "qualified recipient" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "former qualified recipient prescribed in Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employment Insurance Act and the Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance (Act No. 46 of 2011; hereinafter referred to as the "amending Act" in this paragraph)", the phrase "Article 17" with "that Article", and the phrase "of that Article" with "of Article 17 prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 1 of the amending Act".

Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.