# 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-4301-66`
- 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-4301-66
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66
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## 附　則 平成三〇年六月二七日法律第六六号
<sup>suppl-4301-66 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4301-66/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、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-4301-66/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items.
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  **一**  第一条、第五条（行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律別表第二の二十の項及び五十三の項の改正規定を除く。）及び第十三条の規定並びに附則第十一条から第十三条まで、第十六条及び第十七条の規定　公布の日
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  The provisions of Article 1, Article 5 (excluding the provisions amending rows 20 and 53 of Appended Table 2 of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures) and Article 13, and the provisions of Articles 11 through 13, 16 and 17 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation
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### 第十一条（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-4301-66/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-11</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。）の施行の日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認定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認定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附則第十三条の規定に基づく政令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-4301-66/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-1</sup>
Where, as of the date on which this Act comes into effect, the person who is to handle the administrative processes concerning a disposition such as a Certification or any other act made pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws prior to the amendment by this Act before the date on which this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those respective provisions; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and the following Article) comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as a "disposition or other act" in this paragraph), or concerning an application for Certification or any other act made pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws prior to the amendment by this Act that is pending at the time this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as an "application or other act" in this paragraph), will be different, that disposition or other act or application or other act is, except as otherwise provided in the provisions of Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions or by Cabinet Order under the provisions of Article 13 of the Supplementary Provisions, deemed to be a disposition or other act or an application or other act made pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective laws as amended by this Act, with regard to the application of the respective laws as amended by this Act on or after the date on which this Act comes into effect.
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**第二項**  この法律の施行の日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、附則第二条から前条までの規定又は附則第十三条の規定に基づく政令に定めるもののほか、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-4301-66/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-2</sup>
With regard to matters for which a report, notification or other procedure must be carried out with an organ of the national government or an organ of a local government pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws prior to the amendment by this Act before the date on which this Act comes into effect and for which that procedure has not been carried out before the date on which this Act comes into effect, except as otherwise provided for by the provisions of Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions or by Cabinet Order under the provisions of Article 13 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of the respective laws as amended by this Act apply by deeming those matters to be matters for which a report, notification or other procedure must be carried out with the corresponding organ of the national government or the corresponding organ of a local government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective laws as amended by this Act and for which that procedure has not been carried out.
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### 第十二条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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<sup>suppl-4301-66/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-12</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-4301-66/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-12/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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### 第十三条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-4301-66/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-13</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-4301-66/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-13/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-4301-66/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第十一条から第十三条まで → 介護保険法 附則第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11), suppl-4301-66/art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-11
- suppl-4301-66/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第十一条から第十三条まで → 介護保険法 附則第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12), suppl-4301-66/art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-12
- suppl-4301-66/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第十一条から第十三条まで → 介護保険法 附則第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13), suppl-4301-66/art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-13
- suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-1: 附則第一条 → 介護保険法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4301-66/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-1
- suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-1: この条 → 介護保険法 附則第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11), suppl-4301-66/art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-11
- suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-1: 次条 → 介護保険法 附則第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12), suppl-4301-66/art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-12
- suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-1: この項 → 介護保険法 附則第十一条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11, paragraph (1)), suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-1
- suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-1: 附則第十三条 → 介護保険法 附則第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13), suppl-4301-66/art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-13
- suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-2: 附則第十三条 → 介護保険法 附則第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13), suppl-4301-66/art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-13
- suppl-4301-66/art-13/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 介護保険法 附則第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11), suppl-4301-66/art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-11
- suppl-4301-66/art-13/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 介護保険法 附則第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12), suppl-4301-66/art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-12

## Cited by

4 provisions cite 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-4301-66/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-1/par-1/item-1
- 介護保険法 附則第十一条第一項（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-1
- 介護保険法 附則第十一条第二項（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-11/par-2
- 介護保険法 附則第十三条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4301-66/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4301-66/art-13/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-20261018T212610-048, 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
