# 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-4141-35`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35
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## 附　則 平成一四年五月七日法律第三五号
<sup>suppl-4141-35 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4141-35/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から施行する。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-4141-35/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
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  **一**  第十三条の次に二条を加える改正規定、第十四条の二第一項の改正規定、同条の次に一条を加える改正規定、第十五条第三項の改正規定、第十七条に一項を加える改正規定、第二十九条第七項の改正規定及び第三十九条の十の改正規定並びに附則第四条第一項の改正規定（子会社及び関係会社に係る部分に限る。）　平成十四年十月一日
  <sup>suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions adding two Articles after Article 13, the provisions amending Article 14-2, paragraph (1), the provisions adding an Article after that Article, the provisions amending Article 15, paragraph (3), the provisions adding a paragraph to Article 17, the provisions amending Article 29, paragraph (7), and the provisions amending Article 39-10, and the provisions amending Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to the part pertaining to subsidiaries and related companies): October 1, 2002;
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  **二**  第三十八条第一項の改正規定、第四十三条第一項及び第二項の改正規定並びに附則第五条を附則第六条とする改正規定、附則第四条第一項の改正規定（子会社及び関係会社に係る部分を除く。）、同条を附則第五条とする改正規定、附則第三条第五項の改正規定、同条を附則第四条とする改正規定、附則第二条の次に一条を加える改正規定及び附則第五条の規定　平成十六年四月一日
  <sup>suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the provisions amending Article 38, paragraph (1), the provisions amending Article 43, paragraphs (1) and (2) and the provisions making Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions into Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions amending Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the part pertaining to subsidiaries and related companies), the provisions making Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions into Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions amending Article 3, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions making Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions into Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions adding an Article after Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions, and the provisions of Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2004.
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### 第二条（障害者就業・生活支援センターに関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Work/Life Support Centers for Persons with Disabilities
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<sup>suppl-4141-35/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現にこの法律による改正前の障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律（以下「旧法」という。）第九条の十二第一項の規定による指定を受けている社会福祉法（昭和二十六年法律第四十五号）第二十二条に規定する社会福祉法人であって、旧法第九条の十三第一号に規定するあっせんの業務を行っているもの（以下「旧センター」という。）は、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。）第九条の十八の規定による指定を受けた者とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4141-35/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-2/par-1</sup>
A social welfare corporation prescribed in Article 22 of the Social Welfare Act (Act No. 45 of 1951) that, at the time this Act comes into effect, has actually received designation under Article 9-12, paragraph (1) of the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities before amendment by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") and carries out the business of arranging prescribed in Article 9-13, item (i) of the Former Act (hereinafter referred to as a "former center") is deemed to be a person that has received designation under Article 9-18 of the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities after amendment by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act").
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**第二項**  この法律の施行の日前に旧法第九条の十二第二項又は第四項の規定によりされた公示（旧センターに係るものに限る。）で、この法律の施行の際現に効力を有するものは、新法第九条の二十の規定により読み替えて準用される新法第九条の十二第二項又は第四項の規定によりされた公示とみなす。この場合において、当該公示のうち旧法第九条の十二第二項に規定する指定に係る地域に係る部分については、この法律の施行と同時に、その効力を失うものとする。
<sup>suppl-4141-35/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-2/par-2</sup>
A public notice made pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-12, paragraph (2) or (4) of the Former Act before the date on which this Act comes into effect (limited to one pertaining to a former center) that is in force at the time this Act comes into effect is deemed to be a public notice made pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-12, paragraph (2) or (4) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis with the terms replaced pursuant to Article 9-20 of the New Act. In this case, the part of such a public notice pertaining to the area relating to the designation prescribed in Article 9-12, paragraph (2) of the Former Act ceases to be effective simultaneously with the coming into effect of this Act.
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**第三項**  この法律の施行前に、旧法又はこれに基づく命令により旧センターに対して行い、又は旧センターが行った処分、手続その他の行為は、新法又はこれに基づく命令中の相当する規定によって、新法第九条の十九に規定する障害者就業・生活支援センターに対して行い、又は障害者就業・生活支援センターが行った処分、手続その他の行為とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4141-35/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-2/par-3</sup>
Dispositions, procedures and other acts carried out, before the enforcement of this Act, with respect to a former center, or by a former center, under the Former Act or orders thereunder, are deemed to be dispositions, procedures and other acts carried out with respect to a work/life support center for persons with disabilities prescribed in Article 9-19 of the New Act, or by a work/life support center for persons with disabilities, pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Act or orders thereunder.
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### 第三条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-4141-35/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  前条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関して必要となる経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4141-35/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-3/par-1</sup>
In addition to what is provided for in the preceding Article, the transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-4141-35/art-2/par-1: 社会福祉法（昭和二十六年法律第四十五号）第二十二条 → e-Gov law 326AC0000000045, 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — not held in this collection
- suppl-4141-35/art-3/par-1: 前条 → 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-4141-35/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第三条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-3/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3845/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act-20261018T205639-007, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
