# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- Law: 介護保険法 (Long-Term Care Insurance Act), 平成九年法律第百二十三号
- English title "Long-Term Care Insurance Act": 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-4301-33`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-33
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-33
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## 附　則 平成三〇年五月三〇日法律第三三号
<sup>suppl-4301-33 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-33</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4301-33/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-33/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-33/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年六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、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-4301-33/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-33/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-33/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the date specified in the respective items.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一から三まで**  略
  <sup>suppl-4301-33/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-33/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-33/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-3</sup>
  Omitted
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  第三条中特許法第百七条第三項の改正規定、第百九条の見出しを削り、同条の前に見出しを付し、同条の次に一条を加える改正規定、第百十二条第一項及び第六項の改正規定、第百九十五条第六項の改正規定並びに第百九十五条の二の見出しを削り、同条の前に見出しを付し、同条の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに第六条及び第七条の規定並びに附則第十一条、第十五条、第二十三条及び第二十五条から第三十二条までの規定　公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
  <sup>suppl-4301-33/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-33/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-33/art-1/par-1/item-4</sup>
  the provisions in Article 3 amending Article 107, paragraph (3) of the Patent Act, the provisions deleting the heading of Article 109, adding a heading before that Article and adding one Article after that Article, the provisions amending Article 112, paragraphs (1) and (6), the provisions amending Article 195, paragraph (6), and the provisions deleting the heading of Article 195-2, adding a heading before that Article and adding one Article after that Article, and the provisions of Articles 6 and 7, and the provisions of Articles 11, 15, 23 and 25 through 32 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 介護保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/409AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Long-Term Care Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261018T212610-048, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18