Supplementary Provisions, Article 55

The amount of the Levy pertaining to prefectures for each of fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019 is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 151, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, to be the amount of the estimated Levy for that fiscal year (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "prefectural estimated Levy amount"); provided, however, that when the total amount of the estimated Levy pertaining to the Municipalities belonging to the area of that prefecture for the year prior to the first preceding fiscal year (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "total estimated levies of municipalities in the area") exceeds the total amount of the fixed Levy pertaining to the Municipalities belonging to the area of that prefecture for that year (meaning the amount that would be calculated under the provisions of Article 153 of that Act if the provisions of that Article were applied to those Municipalities) (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "total fixed levies of municipalities in the area"), it is to be the amount obtained by deducting from the prefectural estimated Levy amount for each such fiscal year the total of the excess amount and the Adjustment amount pertaining to the excess amount (meaning the Adjustment amount prescribed in the proviso to Article 151, paragraph (1) of that Act; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), and when the total estimated levies of municipalities in the area for the year prior to the first preceding fiscal year is less than the total fixed levies of municipalities in the area for that year, it is to be the amount obtained by adding to the prefectural estimated Levy amount for each such fiscal year the total of the shortfall and the Adjustment amount pertaining to the shortfall.