# 雇用保険法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

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- Law: 雇用保険法施行規則 (Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act), 昭和五十年労働省令第三号
- English title "Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act": claude-opus-5-5
- Kind: MinisterialOrdinance — 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（常用就職支度手当に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4159-82/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-22
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### 第四条（常用就職支度手当に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures concerning the Regular Employment Preparation Allowance
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<sup>suppl-4159-82/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4159-82/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  経済社会の変化に対応する円滑な再就職を促進するための雇用対策法等の一部を改正する等の法律（平成十三年法律第三十五号）第一条の規定による廃止前の特定不況業種等関係労働者の雇用の安定に関する特別措置法（昭和五十八年法律第三十九号）第十三条第一項若しくは第二項若しくは第十四条第一項の規定又は特定不況業種等関係労働者の雇用の安定に関する特別措置法施行規則を廃止する等の省令（平成十三年厚生労働省令第百二十九号）第一条による廃止前の特定不況業種等関係労働者の雇用の安定に関する特別措置法施行規則（昭和五十八年労働省令第二十号）第十一条の規定による特定不況業種離職者求職手帳の発給を受けた者は、発給を受けた特定不況業種離職者求職手帳がその効力を有する間においてのみ、法第五十六条の二第一項第二号の身体障害者その他の就職が困難な者として厚生労働省令に定めるものに該当するものとする。
<sup>suppl-4159-82/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4159-82/art-4/par-1</sup>
A person who has been issued a job seeker's handbook for persons separated from specified depressed industries pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act on Special Measures for the Employment Stabilization of Workers Related to Specified Depressed Industries, etc. (Act No. 39 of 1983) before abolition by the provisions of Article 1 of the Act Partially Amending the Employment Measures Act, etc. to Promote Smooth Re-employment in Response to Changes in the Economy and Society (Act No. 35 of 2001), or pursuant to the provisions of Article 11 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Special Measures for the Employment Stabilization of Workers Related to Specified Depressed Industries, etc. (Order of the Ministry of Labour No. 20 of 1983) before abolition by Article 1 of the Ministerial Order Abolishing the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Special Measures for the Employment Stabilization of Workers Related to Specified Depressed Industries, etc. (Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare No. 129 of 2001), is deemed to fall under the persons with a physical disability and other persons who have difficulty in finding employment, specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 56-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act, only while the job seeker's handbook for persons separated from specified depressed industries that was issued remains effective.
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**第二項**  石炭鉱業の構造調整の完了等に伴う関係法律の整備等に関する法律（平成十二年法律第十六号）第二条の規定による廃止前の炭鉱労働者等の雇用の安定等に関する臨時措置法（昭和三十四年法律第百九十九号）第八条第一項、第九条第一項又は第九条の二第一項若しくは第二項の規定による炭鉱離職者求職手帳の発給を受けた者は、発給を受けた炭鉱離職者求職手帳がその効力を有する間においてのみ、法第五十六条の二第一項第二号の身体障害者その他の就職が困難な者として厚生労働省令に定めるものに該当するものとする。
<sup>suppl-4159-82/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4159-82/art-4/par-2</sup>
A person who has been issued a job seeker's handbook for coal mine workers separated from service pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 9-2, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act on Temporary Measures for Employment Stabilization, etc. of Coal Mine Workers, etc. (Act No. 199 of 1959) before abolition by the provisions of Article 2 of the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts Accompanying the Completion, etc. of the Structural Adjustment of the Coal Mining Industry (Act No. 16 of 2000) is deemed to fall under the persons with a physical disability and other persons who have difficulty in finding employment, specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 56-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act, only while the job seeker's handbook for coal mine workers separated from service that was issued remains effective.
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**第三項**  沖縄振興開発特別措置法（昭和四十六年法律第百三十一号）附則第三条の規定による失効前の同法第四十一条第一項の規定による沖縄失業者求職手帳の発給を受けた者は、発給を受けた沖縄失業者求職手帳がその効力を有する間においてのみ、法第五十六条の二第一項第二号の身体障害者その他の就職が困難な者として厚生労働省令に定めるものに該当するものとする。
<sup>suppl-4159-82/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4159-82/art-4/par-3</sup>
A person who has been issued an Okinawa unemployed persons' job seeker's handbook pursuant to the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (1) of the Act on Special Measures for Okinawa Promotion and Development (Act No. 131 of 1971) before it ceased to be effective pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act is deemed to fall under the persons with a physical disability and other persons who have difficulty in finding employment, specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 56-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act, only while the Okinawa unemployed persons' job seeker's handbook that was issued remains effective.
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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — English title of a law in this collection, written for this site, written 2026-11-06
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 雇用保険法施行規則 — the text in force from 2026-10-22 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/350M50002000003/20261022_508M60000100149), retrieved 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance-20261106T171536-109, translated 2026-11-07
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance-20261106T171536-109, translated 2026-11-07
- This site's parser, version 228 — 雇用保険法施行規則 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06
