# 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 / Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- Law: 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 (Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons), 昭和四十六年法律第六十八号
- English title "Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4141-165`
- Text in force since: 2022-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165
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## 附　則 平成一四年一二月一三日法律第一六五号
<sup>suppl-4141-165 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4141-165/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、附則第六条（障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律第十四条第二項の改正規定（「第二十七条第三項」を「第五十四条第三項」に改める部分を除く。）を除く。）、第七条、第八条、第十条及び第十二条から第十九条までの規定は、平成十五年十月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4141-165/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the provisions amending Article 14, paragraph (2) of the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities (excluding the part replacing "Article 27, paragraph (3)" with "Article 54, paragraph (3)")), Articles 7, 8 and 10, and Articles 12 through 19 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on October 1, 2003.
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### 第八条（障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities, etc.
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<sup>suppl-4141-165/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  旧障害者雇用促進法（第五十四条を除く。）又は旧高年齢者等雇用安定法（第三十四条を除く。）の規定によりした処分、手続その他の行為は、通則法、この法律、附則第六条の規定による改正後の障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律又は前条の規定による改正後の高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律中の相当する規定によりした処分、手続その他の行為とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4141-165/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-8/par-1</sup>
A disposition, procedure or other act carried out pursuant to the provisions of the Former Disabilities Employment Act (excluding Article 54) or the Former Elderly Employment Act (excluding Article 34) is deemed to be a disposition, procedure or other act carried out pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the General Rules Act, this Act, the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities as amended by the provisions of Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions, or the Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons as amended by the provisions of the preceding Article.
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### 第十条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions
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<sup>suppl-4141-165/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-10</sup>

**第一項**  附則第六条及び第七条の規定の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4141-165/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-10/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the provisions of Articles 6 and 7 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第十一条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-4141-165/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-11</sup>

**第一項**  附則第二条から第四条まで及び前三条に定めるもののほか、機構の成立に伴い必要な経過措置その他この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4141-165/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-11/par-1</sup>
In addition to what is provided for in Articles 2 through 4 and the preceding three Articles of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the establishment of the Organization and other transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-4141-165/art-1/par-1: 第八条 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-4141-165/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-8
- suppl-4141-165/art-1/par-1: 第十条 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 附則第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10), suppl-4141-165/art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-10

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-1/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2022-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/346AC0000000068/20221001_504AC0000000012), retrieved 2026-10-09
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4630/tb), retrieved 2026-10-09
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch elderly-employment-act-20261009T093722-004, translated 2026-10-09
- This site's parser, version 164 — 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09
