# 消費者安全法 / Consumer Safety Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

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- Law: 消費者安全法 (Consumer Safety Act), 平成二十一年法律第五十号
- English title "Consumer Safety Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（消費者安全法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4261-71/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第三条（消費者安全法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Consumer Safety Act
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<sup>suppl-4261-71/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4261-71/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/suppl-4261-71/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  第二条の規定（附則第一条第三号に掲げる改正規定を除く。以下この条において同じ。）の施行の際現に第二条の規定による改正前の消費者安全法第八条第一項第二号イ及びロ又は第二項第一号及び第二号に掲げる事務その他これに準ずるものとして内閣府令で定める事務に従事した経験を有する者（事業者に対する消費者からの苦情に係る相談に適切に応じることができるものとして内閣府令で定める基準に適合する者に限る。）は、第二条の規定による改正後の消費者安全法第十条の三第一項の消費生活相談員資格試験（次項において単に「試験」という。）に合格した者とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-1</sup>
At the time of enforcement of the provisions of Article 2 (excluding the revising provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), a person who actually has experience of engaging in the affairs set forth in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a) and (b) or paragraph (2), items (i) and (ii) of the Consumer Safety Act before the revision by the provisions of Article 2, or in other affairs specified by Cabinet Office Order as being equivalent thereto (limited to a person who conforms to the standards specified by Cabinet Office Order as being able to respond appropriately to consultations regarding complaints from Consumers about Enterprises), is deemed to be a person who has passed the qualification examination for Consumer affairs consultants under Article 10-3, paragraph (1) of the Consumer Safety Act after the revision by the provisions of Article 2 (referred to simply as "the Exam" in the following paragraph).
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**第二項**  前項に規定する場合のほか、内閣府令で定めるところにより内閣総理大臣の指定する者が実施する講習会の課程を修了した者（事業者に対する消費者からの苦情に係る相談に適切に応じることができるものとして内閣府令で定める基準に適合する者に限る。）は、第二条の規定の施行後五年内に限り、試験に合格した者とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-2</sup>
In addition to the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, a person who has completed the course of a training session conducted by a person designated by the Prime Minister pursuant to Cabinet Office Order (limited to a person who conforms to the standards specified by Cabinet Office Order as being able to respond appropriately to consultations regarding complaints from Consumers about Enterprises) is deemed to be a person who has passed the Exam, only within five years after the enforcement of the provisions of Article 2.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-1: 附則第一条第三号 → 消費者安全法 附則第一条第一項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii)), suppl-4261-71/art-1/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4261-71/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/suppl-4261-71/art-1/par-1/item-3
- suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-1: この条 → 消費者安全法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4261-71/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4261-71/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/suppl-4261-71/art-3
- suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-1: 消費者安全法第十条の三第一項 → 消費者安全法 第十条の三第一項 (Article 10-3, paragraph (1)), art-10-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-10-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-10-3/par-1
- suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-1: 次項 → 消費者安全法 附則第三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (2)), suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-2
- suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-2: 前項 → 消費者安全法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-1

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 消費者安全法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4261-71/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/suppl-4261-71/art-1/par-1/item-2
- 消費者安全法 附則第三条第一項（消費者安全法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-1
- 消費者安全法 附則第三条第二項（消費者安全法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/suppl-4261-71/art-3/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 消費者安全法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/421AC0000000050/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-01
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Consumer Safety Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch consumer-safety-act-20261101T193348-001, translated 2026-11-02
- This site's parser, version 219 — 消費者安全法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-01
