# 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-4241-78` - Text in force since: 2022-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4241-78 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4241-78 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成二四年九月五日法律第七八号 suppl-4241-78 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4241-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4241-78 **第一項** この法律は、平成二十五年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次項の規定は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-4241-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4241-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4241-78/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2013;provided, however, that the provisions of the following paragraph come into effect as of the date of promulgation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律による改正後の第九条第三項に規定する指針の策定及びこれに関し必要な手続その他の行為は、この法律の施行前においても、同項及び同条第四項の規定の例により行うことができる。 suppl-4241-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4241-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4241-78/par-2 The formulation of guidelines referred to in the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (3) revised by this Act, related procedures, and other necessary actions may be conducted according to the provisions of the paragraph and paragraph (4) of the same Article even if prior to the enforcement of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の施行の際現にこの法律による改正前の第九条第二項の規定により同条第一項第二号に掲げる措置を講じたものとみなされている事業主については、同条第二項の規定は、令和七年三月三十一日までの間は、なおその効力を有する。この場合において、同項中「係る基準」とあるのは、この法律の施行の日から平成二十八年三月三十一日までの間については「係る基準（六十一歳以上の者を対象とするものに限る。）」と、同年四月一日から平成三十一年三月三十一日までの間については「係る基準（六十二歳以上の者を対象とするものに限る。）」と、同年四月一日から令和四年三月三十一日までの間については「係る基準（六十三歳以上の者を対象とするものに限る。）」と、同年四月一日から令和七年三月三十一日までの間については「係る基準（六十四歳以上の者を対象とするものに限る。）」とする。 suppl-4241-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4241-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4241-78/par-3 Concerning an employer who is deemed to have taken the measures listed in Article 9, paragraph (1), item (ii), pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (2) prior to revision by this Act at the time of the enforcement of this Act, the provisions of paragraph (2) of the Article remain in effect until March 31, 2025.In this case, the phrase "the criteria" in the paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the criteria (limited to those that apply to persons who are 61 years of age or more)" from the date of enforcement of this Act to March 31, 2016; with the phrase "the criteria (limited to those that apply to persons who are 62 years of age or more)" from April 1 of the same year to March 31, 2019; with the phrase "the criteria (limited only to those to whom persons who are 63 years of age or more are subjected)" from April 1 of the same year to March 31, 2022; and with the phrase "the criteria (limited to those that apply to persons who are 64 years of age or more)" from April 1 of the same year to March 31, 2025. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4241-78/par-1: 次項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-4241-78/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4241-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4241-78/par-2 ## 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 附則第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4241-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4241-78/par-1 --- ## 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 - 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