①A worker who has filed an application for childcare leave may withdraw the application on or before the day preceding the scheduled start date for childcare leave in the application (in cases where the employer designates the day pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (3) or paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the day designated by the employer; or in cases where the scheduled start date for childcare leave is changed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the changed scheduled start date for childcare leave; the same applies hereinafter).

②A worker who has withdrawn the application filed under the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is deemed to have taken childcare leave based on the application with regard to application of the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article.

③A worker who has withdrawn an application for childcare leave under the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (3) or (4) pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) may not, except in cases where there are special circumstances specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, file an application again for childcare leave with regard to the child in the application under those provisions, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (3), and (4) of the same Article.

④In the event that there are reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as to why the worker comes to cease childcare subject to the application for childcare leave, such as the death of the child, on or before the day preceding the scheduled start date for childcare leave after the application for childcare leave, the application for childcare leave is considered not to have been filed. In this case, the worker must notify the employer without delay to the effect that those reasons have occurred.