# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- Law: 社会保険労務士法 (Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance), 昭和四十三年法律第八十九号
- English title "Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
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- Provision: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4171-62`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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## 附　則 平成一七年六月一七日法律第六二号
<sup>suppl-4171-62 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4171-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4171-62</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して九月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、第二条第一項第一号の四の改正規定、同号の次に二号を加える改正規定、同条第一項の次に二項を加える改正規定（同条第三項に係る部分に限る。）、第二十条、第二十二条、第二十五条の二第一項、第二十五条の六及び第二十五条の九の改正規定、第二十五条の十五に一項を加える改正規定、同条の次に三条を加える改正規定、第二十五条の十六の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに第二十五条の十七、第二十五条の十九、第二十五条の二十五及び別表第一第二十号の十九の改正規定並びに次条第二項の規定は、裁判外紛争解決手続の利用の促進に関する法律（平成十六年法律第百五十一号）の施行の日から施行する。
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This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding nine months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)-4, the provisions adding two items after that item, the provisions adding two paragraphs after Article 2, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to paragraph (3) of that Article), the provisions amending Article 20, Article 22, Article 25-2, paragraph (1), Article 25-6 and Article 25-9, the provisions adding a paragraph to Article 25-15, the provisions adding three Articles after that Article, the provisions adding one Article after Article 25-16, and the provisions amending Article 25-17, Article 25-19, Article 25-25 and Appended Table 1, item (xx)-19, and the provisions of paragraph (2) of the following Article come into effect as of the date on which the Act on Promotion of Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (Act No. 151 of 2004) comes into effect.
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### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
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**第一項**  前条ただし書に規定する規定の施行の日前に開業社会保険労務士又は社会保険労務士法人が受任した改正前の社会保険労務士法（次項において「旧法」という。）第二条第一項第一号の四に規定するあっせん代理であって、同日前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）第五条第一項の規定により申請されたあっせんに係るものについては、改正後の社会保険労務士法（以下「新法」という。）第二条第二項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-1</sup>
With regard to representation in mediation prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)-4 of the Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance prior to its amendment (referred to as the "Former Act" in the following paragraph) that a self-employed labor and social security attorney or a labor and social security attorney corporation accepted before the date of enforcement of the provisions prescribed in the proviso to the preceding Article, and that pertains to mediation applied for before that date under Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act on Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor-Related Disputes (Act No. 112 of 2001), the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act").
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**第二項**  前条ただし書に規定する規定の施行の日前に社会保険労務士又は社会保険労務士法人がその業務を行った事件で、旧法第二十二条各号（第四号を除く。）又は第二十五条の十七各号に該当するものは、それぞれ新法第二十二条第二項各号又は第二十五条の十七各号に該当する事件とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-2</sup>
A case in which a labor and social security attorney or a labor and social security attorney corporation conducted its business before the date of enforcement of the provisions prescribed in the proviso to the preceding Article, and which falls under the items of Article 22 of the Former Act (excluding item (iv)) or the items of Article 25-17 of the Former Act, is deemed to be a case that falls under the items of Article 22, paragraph (2) of the New Act or the items of Article 25-17 of the New Act, respectively.
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### 第三条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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**第一項**  前条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。
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Beyond what is provided for in the preceding Article, the transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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### 第四条（検討） — Review
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**第一項**  政府は、この法律の施行後五年を経過した場合において、この法律の施行の状況等を勘案し、新法第二条第二項に規定する紛争解決手続代理業務に係る制度について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
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When five years have elapsed after this Act comes into effect, the government is to review, taking into consideration the status of enforcement of this Act and other circumstances, the system pertaining to the dispute resolution procedure representation business prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the New Act and, if it finds it necessary, is to take the required measures based on the results.
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## Cites
- suppl-4171-62/art-1/par-1: 次条第二項 → 社会保険労務士法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-2
- suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-1: 前条 → 社会保険労務士法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4171-62/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4171-62/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4171-62/art-1
- suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-1: 次項 → 社会保険労務士法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-2
- suppl-4171-62/art-2/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-4171-62/art-2/par-1: 第二条第二項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-2/par-2
- suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-2: 前条 → 社会保険労務士法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4171-62/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4171-62/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4171-62/art-1
- suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-2: 新法第二十二条第二項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十二条第二項 (Article 22, paragraph (2)), art-22/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-22/par-2
- suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-2: 第二十五条の十七 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の十七 (Article 25-17), art-25-17 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-17
- suppl-4171-62/art-3/par-1: 前条 → 社会保険労務士法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4171-62/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4171-62/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4171-62/art-2
- suppl-4171-62/art-4/par-1: 新法第二条第二項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-2/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 社会保険労務士法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4171-62/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4171-62/art-1/par-1
- 社会保険労務士法 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-1
- 社会保険労務士法 附則第二条第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4171-62/art-2/par-2
- 社会保険労務士法 附則第三条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4171-62/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4171-62/art-3/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 社会保険労務士法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/343AC1000000089/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 社会保険労務士法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/903), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch labor-and-social-security-attorney-act-20261018T205451-021, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 社会保険労務士法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
