# 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 / Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- Law: 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 (Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities), 昭和三十五年法律第百二十三号
- English title "Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities": 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-4251-46`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46
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## 附　則 平成二五年六月一九日法律第四六号
<sup>suppl-4251-46 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4251-46/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成三十年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2018; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:
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  **一**  第二条第一号の改正規定並びに次条及び附則第五条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions amending Article 2, item (i), and the provisions of the following Article and Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation.
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  **二**  目次の改正規定（「身体障害者又は知的障害者」を「対象障害者」に、「第六十八条」を「第七十二条」に改め、「第三節　精神障害者に関する特例（第六十九条―第七十三条）」を削り、「第四節　身体障害者、知的障害者及び精神障害者」を「第三節　対象障害者」に、「（第七十四条）」を「（第七十三条・第七十四条）」に、「第五節」を「第四節」に改める部分を除く。）、第一条の改正規定（「身体障害者又は知的障害者」を「障害者」に改める部分を除く。）、第七条及び第十条の改正規定、第三十三条の次に章名を付する改正規定、第三十四条から第三十六条までの改正規定、第三章の前に見出し及び五条を加える改正規定、第四十三条第一項中「除く。」の下に「次章を除き、」を加える改正規定、第七十四条の二第三項中「次章」を「第四章」に改める改正規定、第三章の次に一章を加える改正規定、第八十五条の二を第八十五条の四とし、第四章中第八十五条の次に二条を加える改正規定並びに第八十七条第一項の改正規定並びに附則第三条、第六条及び第八条の規定　平成二十八年四月一日
  <sup>suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the provisions amending the table of contents (excluding the portions replacing "persons with physical disabilities or persons with intellectual disabilities" with "qualifying disabled persons" and "Article 68" with "Article 72", deleting "Section 3 Special Provisions for Persons with Mental Disabilities (Articles 69 through 73)", replacing "Section 4 Persons with Physical Disabilities, Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, and Persons with Mental Disabilities" with "Section 3 Qualifying Disabled Persons" and "(Article 74)" with "(Articles 73 and 74)", and replacing "Section 5" with "Section 4"), the provisions amending Article 1 (excluding the portion replacing "persons with physical disabilities or persons with intellectual disabilities" with "persons with disabilities"), the provisions amending Articles 7 and 10, the provisions adding a chapter title after Article 33, the provisions amending Articles 34 through 36, the provisions adding a heading and five Articles before Chapter 3, the provisions adding "except in the following Chapter," after "excluding the national government and local governments;" in Article 43, paragraph (1), the provisions replacing "the following Chapter" with "Chapter 4" in Article 74-2, paragraph (3), the provisions adding one Chapter after Chapter 3, the provisions making Article 85-2 into Article 85-4 and adding two Articles after Article 85 in Chapter 4, and the provisions amending Article 87, paragraph (1), and the provisions of Articles 3, 6 and 8 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2016.
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### 第二条（施行前の準備） — Preparations before Enforcement
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<sup>suppl-4251-46/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律による改正後の障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律（以下「新法」という。）第三十六条第一項に規定する差別の禁止に関する指針の策定及び新法第三十六条の五第一項に規定する均等な機会の確保等に関する指針の策定並びにこれらに関し必要な手続その他の行為は、前条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の日前においても、新法第三十六条及び第三十六条の五の規定の例により行うことができる。
<sup>suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1</sup>
The formulation of the guidelines on the prohibition of discrimination prescribed in Article 36, paragraph (1) of the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") and the formulation of the guidelines on ensuring equal opportunities prescribed in Article 36-5, paragraph (1) of the New Act, and the procedures and other acts necessary in relation to them, may be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Articles 36 and 36-5 of the New Act even before the date on which the provisions set forth in item (ii) of the preceding Article come into effect.
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### 第三条（紛争の解決の促進に関する特例に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures concerning Special Provisions on the Promotion of the Resolution of Disputes
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<sup>suppl-4251-46/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に個別労働関係紛争の解決の促進に関する法律（平成十三年法律第百十二号）第六条第一項の紛争調整委員会又は同法第二十一条第一項の規定により読み替えて適用する同法第五条第一項の規定により指名するあっせん員に係属している同項（同法第二十一条第一項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）のあっせんに係る紛争については、新法第七十四条の五（新法第八十五条の二第二項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4251-46/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-3/par-1</sup>
With regard to a dispute concerning conciliation under Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act on Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor-Related Disputes (Act No. 112 of 2001) (including where that paragraph is applied with the terms replaced pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (1) of that Act) that is pending, at the time of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions, before the dispute coordinating commission under Article 6, paragraph (1) of that Act or before a conciliator designated pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (1) of that Act as applied with the terms replaced pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding Article 74-5 of the New Act (including where it is applied with the terms replaced pursuant to Article 85-2, paragraph (2) of the New Act).
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### 第四条（一般事業主の雇用義務等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures concerning General Employers' Duty to Employ Qualifying Disabled Persons, etc.
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<sup>suppl-4251-46/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  新法第四十三条第二項及び第五十四条第三項の規定の適用については、この法律の施行の日から起算して五年を経過する日までの間、これらの規定中「を基準として設定するものとし」とあるのは「に基づき」と、「当該割合の推移」とあるのは「対象障害者の雇用の状況その他の事情」とする。
<sup>suppl-4251-46/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-4/par-1</sup>
In applying Article 43, paragraph (2) and Article 54, paragraph (3) of the New Act, during the period until the date on which five years have elapsed from the date on which this Act comes into effect, the phrase "is to be set based on" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with "based on", and the phrase "the changes in that percentage" is deemed to be replaced with "the employment situation of qualifying disabled persons and other circumstances".
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### 第五条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-4251-46/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  この附則に定めるもののほか、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-4251-46/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-5/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-1: 次条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4251-46/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-2
- suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第五条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4251-46/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-5
- suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4251-46/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-3
- suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1: 第三十六条第一項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36/par-1
- suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1: 新法第三十六条の五第一項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条の五第一項 (Article 36-5, paragraph (1)), art-36-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36-5/par-1
- suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1: 前条第二号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-2
- suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1: 新法第三十六条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36
- suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1: 第三十六条の五 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条の五 (Article 36-5), art-36-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36-5
- suppl-4251-46/art-3/par-1: 附則第一条第二号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-2
- suppl-4251-46/art-3/par-1: 個別労働関係紛争の解決の促進に関する法律（平成十三年法律第百十二号）第六条第一項 → 個別労働関係紛争の解決の促進に関する法律 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/individual-labor-disputes-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000112/art-6/par-1
- suppl-4251-46/art-3/par-1: 同法第二十一条第一項 → 個別労働関係紛争の解決の促進に関する法律 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/individual-labor-disputes-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000112/art-21/par-1
- suppl-4251-46/art-3/par-1: 同法第五条第一項 → 個別労働関係紛争の解決の促進に関する法律 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/individual-labor-disputes-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000112/art-5/par-1
- suppl-4251-46/art-3/par-1: 新法第七十四条の五 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第七十四条の五 (Article 74-5), art-74-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-74-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-74-5
- suppl-4251-46/art-4/par-1: 新法第四十三条第二項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十三条第二項 (Article 43, paragraph (2)), art-43/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-43/par-2
- suppl-4251-46/art-4/par-1: 第五十四条第三項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十四条第三項 (Article 54, paragraph (3)), art-54/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-54/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-1
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-2
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第二条第一項（施行前の準備） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第三条第一項（紛争の解決の促進に関する特例に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-3/par-1

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