# 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-4261-51`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51
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## 附　則 平成二六年六月四日法律第五一号
<sup>suppl-4261-51 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4261-51/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成二十七年四月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4261-51/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2015.
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### 第七条（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions, Applications, Etc.
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<sup>suppl-4261-51/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定。以下この条及び次条において同じ。）の施行前にこの法律による改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされた許可等の処分その他の行為（以下この項において「処分等の行為」という。）又はこの法律の施行の際現にこの法律による改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされている許可等の申請その他の行為（以下この項において「申請等の行為」という。）で、この法律の施行の日においてこれらの行為に係る行政事務を行うべき者が異なることとなるものは、附則第二条から前条までの規定又はこの法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。）の経過措置に関する規定に定めるものを除き、この法律の施行の日以後におけるこの法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の適用については、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当規定によりされた処分等の行為又は申請等の行為とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4261-51/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-7/par-1</sup>
A disposition such as a permission, or other act (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as a "disposition or other act") carried out before this Act (for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, each of those provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and the following Article) comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to their amendment by this Act, or an application such as for a permission, or other act (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as an "application or other act") that has actually been made, at the time this Act comes into effect, pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to their amendment by this Act, for which the person who is to perform the administrative affairs pertaining to those acts will differ on the day this Act comes into effect, is, except as provided in the provisions of Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions or in the provisions concerning transitional measures of the respective Acts as amended by this Act (including orders based on them), deemed, for the purpose of the application of the respective Acts as amended by this Act on or after the day this Act comes into effect, to be a disposition or other act or an application or other act carried out pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective Acts as amended by this Act.
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**第二項**  この法律の施行前にこの法律による改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定により国又は地方公共団体の機関に対し報告、届出、提出その他の手続をしなければならない事項で、この法律の施行の日前にその手続がされていないものについては、この法律及びこれに基づく政令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、これを、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当規定により国又は地方公共団体の相当の機関に対して報告、届出、提出その他の手続をしなければならない事項についてその手続がされていないものとみなして、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の規定を適用する。
<sup>suppl-4261-51/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-7/par-2</sup>
With regard to matters for which a report, notification, submission or other procedure must be carried out, before this Act comes into effect, to an organ of the State or an organ of a local government pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to their amendment by this Act, and for which that procedure has not been carried out before the day this Act comes into effect, the provisions of the respective Acts as amended by this Act apply, except as otherwise provided in this Act and Cabinet Orders based on it, by deeming them to be matters for which a report, notification, submission or other procedure must be carried out to the corresponding organ of the State or the corresponding organ of a local government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective Acts as amended by this Act, and for which that procedure has not been carried out.
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### 第八条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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<sup>suppl-4261-51/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4261-51/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-8/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第九条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-4261-51/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-9</sup>

**第一項**  附則第二条から前条までに規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4261-51/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-9/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-4261-51/art-7/par-1: 附則第一条 → 介護保険法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4261-51/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-1
- suppl-4261-51/art-7/par-1: この条 → 介護保険法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-4261-51/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-7
- suppl-4261-51/art-7/par-1: 次条 → 介護保険法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-4261-51/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-8
- suppl-4261-51/art-7/par-1: この項 → 介護保険法 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-4261-51/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-7/par-1
- suppl-4261-51/art-9/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 介護保険法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-4261-51/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-7
- suppl-4261-51/art-9/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 介護保険法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-4261-51/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-8

## Cited by

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

- 介護保険法 附則第七条第一項（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-7/par-1
- 介護保険法 附則第九条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-51/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-51/art-9/par-1

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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-20261018T212610-045, 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
