# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16) - 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: 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16) — address `suppl-4291-52/art-16` - 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-4291-52/art-16 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4291-52/art-16 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十六条 suppl-4291-52/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4291-52/art-16 **第一項** 前条に規定するもののほか、新介護保険法の施行のために必要な条例の制定又は改正、介護保険法第七十条第一項の規定による同法第四十一条第一項本文の指定（新介護保険法第七十二条の二第一項に規定する者の申請に係るものに限る。）の手続、介護保険法第七十八条の二第一項の規定による同法第四十二条の二第一項本文の指定（新介護保険法第七十八条の二の二第一項に規定する者の申請に係るものに限る。）の手続、新介護保険法第百七条第一項の許可の手続、介護保険法第百十五条の二第一項の規定による同法第五十三条第一項本文の指定（新介護保険法第百十五条の二の二第一項に規定する者の申請に係るものに限る。）の手続、介護保険法第百十五条の十二第一項の規定による同法第五十四条の二第一項本文の指定（新介護保険法第百十五条の十二の二第一項に規定する者の申請に係るものに限る。）の手続その他の行為は、施行日前においても行うことができる。 suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1 Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding Article, the enactment or amendment of Prefectural or Municipal Ordinances necessary for the enforcement of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act, the procedures for the designation, pursuant to Article 70, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, under the main clause of Article 41, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to those pertaining to an application by a person prescribed in Article 72-2, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act), the procedures for the designation, pursuant to Article 78-2, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, under the main clause of Article 42-2, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to those pertaining to an application by a person prescribed in Article 78-2-2, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act), the procedures for the approval under Article 107, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act, the procedures for the designation, pursuant to Article 115-2, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, under the main clause of Article 53, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to those pertaining to an application by a person prescribed in Article 115-2-2, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act), the procedures for the designation, pursuant to Article 115-12, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, under the main clause of Article 54-2, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to those pertaining to an application by a person prescribed in Article 115-12-2, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act), and other acts may be carried out before the Effective Date. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1: 前条 → 介護保険法 附則第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15), suppl-4291-52/art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4291-52/art-15 - suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1: 介護保険法第七十条第一項 → 介護保険法 第七十条第一項 (Article 70, paragraph (1)), art-70/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-70/par-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1: 同法第四十一条第一項 → 介護保険法 第四十一条第一項 (Article 41, paragraph (1)), art-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-41/par-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1: 新介護保険法第七十二条の二第一項 → 介護保険法 第七十二条の二第一項 (Article 72-2, paragraph (1)), art-72-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-72-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-72-2/par-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1: 介護保険法第七十八条の二第一項 → 介護保険法 第七十八条の二第一項 (Article 78-2, paragraph (1)), art-78-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-2/par-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1: 同法第四十二条の二第一項 → 介護保険法 第四十二条の二第一項 (Article 42-2, paragraph (1)), art-42-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-42-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-42-2/par-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1: 新介護保険法第七十八条の二の二第一項 → 介護保険法 第七十八条の二の二第一項 (Article 78-2-2, paragraph (1)), art-78-2-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-2-2/par-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1: 新介護保険法第百七条第一項 → 介護保険法 第百七条第一項 (Article 107, paragraph (1)), art-107/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-107/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-107/par-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1: 介護保険法第百十五条の二第一項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の二第一項 (Article 115-2, paragraph (1)), art-115-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-2/par-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1: 同法第五十三条第一項 → 介護保険法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-53/par-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1: 新介護保険法第百十五条の二の二第一項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の二の二第一項 (Article 115-2-2, paragraph (1)), art-115-2-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-2-2/par-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1: 介護保険法第百十五条の十二第一項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の十二第一項 (Article 115-12, paragraph (1)), art-115-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-12/par-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1: 同法第五十四条の二第一項 → 介護保険法 第五十四条の二第一項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (1)), art-54-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-54-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-54-2/par-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1: 新介護保険法第百十五条の十二の二第一項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の十二の二第一項 (Article 115-12-2, paragraph (1)), art-115-12-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-12-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-12-2/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4291-52/art-1/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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 211 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18