Supplementary Provisions, Article 14Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc.
第十四条（中小企業等経営強化法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
A management capacity improvement plan that has been certified under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "Former SME Management Strengthening Act") (including certification of a change under Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Former SME Management Strengthening Act) is deemed to be a management capacity improvement plan that has been certified under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. as amended by the provisions of Article 3 (referred to as the "New SME Management Strengthening Act" in the following paragraph and paragraph (3)).
With regard to the first renewal after this Act comes into effect of the certification of a person who actually holds, at the time this Act comes into effect, certification under Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Former SME Management Strengthening Act, the phrase "every five years" in Article 28, paragraph (1) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act is deemed to be replaced with "until the day on which the period specified by Cabinet Order has elapsed within the period up to the day on which five years have elapsed from the date on which the Act Partially Amending the Act on Strengthening Industrial Competitiveness, etc. (Act No. 26 of 2018) comes into effect".
この法律の施行の際現に旧中小強化法第二十一条第一項の認定を受けている者の当該認定に係る施行後最初の更新については、新中小強化法第二十八条第一項中「五年ごと」とあるのは、「産業競争力強化法等の一部を改正する法律（平成三十年法律第二十六号）の施行の日から起算して五年を経過する日までの間において政令で定める期間を経過する日まで」とする。
With regard to the rescission of certification under Article 31 of the New SME Management Strengthening Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 37 of the New SME Management Strengthening Act) of a person who actually holds, at the time this Act comes into effect, certification under Article 21, paragraph (1) or Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Former SME Management Strengthening Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern with respect to grounds that arose before this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行の際現に旧中小強化法第二十一条第一項又は第二十六条第一項の認定を受けている者に対する新中小強化法第三十一条（新中小強化法第三十七条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による認定の取消しに関しては、この法律の施行前に生じた事由については、なお従前の例による。
management capacity improvement planmachine translation
「経営力向上計画」
A plan for management capacity improvement (経営力向上) that a specified business operator, etc. (特定事業者等) draws up, alone or with others, and submits to the competent minister (主務大臣) to be certified as appropriate under Article 17, including one carried out with a cooperative, company or other corporation it is to set up, by a company or corporation formed through its merger, or together with its foreign affiliated corporations, etc. (外国関係法人等).
Short name set inArticle 17, paragraph (1)
New SME Management Strengthening Actmachine translation
「新中小強化法」
In paragraphs (2) and (3) of Article 14 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 26 of 2018, the Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. as amended by Article 3 of Act No. 26 of 2018.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 14, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 14, paragraphs (2) and (3)
Former SME Management Strengthening Actmachine translation
「旧中小強化法」
This Act as it stood before Article 3 of Act No. 26 of 2018 amended it.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 14, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article