Except as otherwise provided in these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of the Consumption Tax Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Consumption Tax Act" up to and including Article 14 of the Supplementary Provisions) apply to consumption tax on transfers, etc. of assets (meaning transfers, etc. of assets prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (viii) of the Consumption Tax Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 15 of the Supplementary Provisions) made in Japan by a business operator (meaning a business operator prescribed in item (iv) of that paragraph; the same applies hereinafter up to and including Article 16-2 of the Supplementary Provisions) on or after the date on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as "the Effective Date" up to and including Article 16-2 of the Supplementary Provisions), on taxable purchases (meaning taxable purchases prescribed in item (xii) of that paragraph; the same applies hereinafter up to and including Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions) made by a business operator in Japan on or after the Effective Date, and on taxable goods (meaning taxable goods prescribed in item (xi) of that paragraph; the same applies hereinafter up to and including Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions) taken out of a bonded area (meaning a bonded area prescribed in item (ii) of that paragraph; the same applies hereinafter up to and including Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions) on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern consumption tax on transfers, etc. of assets made by a business operator in Japan before the Effective Date, taxable purchases made by a business operator in Japan before the Effective Date, and taxable goods taken out of a bonded area before the Effective Date.