Supplementary Provisions

This Act comes into effect as of September 1, 2021;provided, however, that the provisions of Article 60 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation.

①Unless otherwise provided for in laws and regulations, a disposition of certification and notice or any other act made by a former organ of the national government before the enforcement of this Act pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws before amendment by this Act (including orders based on these laws; referred to below as "former laws and regulations" in this Article and the following Article) is deemed, after the enforcement of this Act, to be a disposition of certification and notice or any other act made by the corresponding organ of the national government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective laws amended by this Act (including orders based on these laws; referred to below as "new laws and regulations" in this Article and the following Article).

②Unless otherwise provided for in laws and regulations, an application, notification, or any other act that has been filed with a former organ of the national government pursuant to the provisions of the former laws and regulations at the time of enforcement of this Act, is deemed, after the enforcement of this Act, to be an application, notification, or any other act that has been filed with the corresponding organ of the national government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the new laws and regulations.

③For matters for which applications, notifications, or other procedures are to be made before the former organs of the national government before the enforcement of this Act pursuant to the provisions of the former laws and regulations, if those procedures have not yet been made before the former organs of the national government before the date of enforcement of this Act, the provisions of the new laws and regulations apply after the enforcement of this Act, except those otherwise provided for by laws and regulations, by deeming that the procedures have not yet been made before the corresponding organs of the national government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the new laws and regulations.

The Cabinet Office Order referred to in Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office or the Ministerial Order referred to in Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act, which has been issued pursuant to the provisions of the former laws and orders, is to remain in force as the corresponding Order of the Digital Agency referred to in Article 7, paragraph (3) or the Ministerial Order referred to in Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act, which has been issued based on the corresponding provisions of the new laws and orders, after the enforcement of this Act, unless otherwise provided for in laws and orders.

In addition to what is provided for in Article 15, Article 16, Article 51, and the preceding three Articles of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.