Article 1This Act comes into effect as of January 6, 2001.

Article 2A person who is actually an employee of an agency or a department of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry specified by Cabinet Order at the time of establishment of the Institute is to become a proper employee of the Institute on the date of establishment of the Institute, unless a written appointment is otherwise issued.

Article 3Among persons who are actually employees of an agency or a department specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in the preceding Article at the time of establishment of the Institute, when there is a person who continues to be an employee of the Institute on the day of establishment of the Institute (hereinafter referred to as a "successional employee" in the following Article) and who has obtained certification pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Child Allowance Act (Act No. 73 of 1971) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 7, paragraph (4), or Article 8, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) from the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, and falls under the payment requirements for child allowance or the benefits specified in Article 6, paragraph (1), Article 7, paragraph (1) or Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (hereinafter referred to as "special benefits, etc." in this Article) on the day of establishment of the Institute, payment of child allowance or special benefits, etc. to the person is deemed as having been certified by the mayor (including ward mayors of special wards) pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the same Act on the day of establishment of the Institute.In this case, payment of the child allowance or special benefits, etc. that were deemed to have been certified begin on the month after the month in which the day preceding the day of establishment of the Institute falls, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2) of the same Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 7, paragraph (4), or Article 8, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the same Act).

Article 4(1)An employee organization prescribed in Article 108-2, paragraph (1) of the National Public Service Act (Act No. 120 of 1947) that actually exists at the time of establishment of the Institute and of which the majority of its members are successional employees is deemed to be a labor union to which the Act on the Labor Relations of State Enterprises and Specified Incorporated Administrative Agencies, etc. (Act No. 257 of 1948) is applicable upon establishment of the Institute.In this case, if the employee organization is a corporation, it is considered to become a corporate labor union.

(2)An employee organization that has become a corporate labor union pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to obtain certification from the labor relations commission regarding conformity to the provisions of Article 2 and Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Labor Union Act (Act No. 174 of 1949) by the day on which sixty days have elapsed from the day of establishment of the Institute, and undergo registration at the location of its principal office; otherwise, the organization is to be dissolved after the elapse of that date.

(3)The proviso of Article 2 of the Labor Union Act (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)) does not apply to an employee organization that has become a labor union pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) until the day on which sixty days have elapsed from the day of establishment of the Institute.

Article 5(1)Upon establishment of the Institute, the rights and obligations that the State actually possesses in relation to the operations prescribed in Article 11 and that are specified by Cabinet Order are succeeded by the Institute at the time of establishment of the Institute.

(2)When the Institute has succeeded to the rights and duties possessed by the State pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the amount equivalent to the total amount of the value of the land, buildings, and any other assets specified by Cabinet Order that pertain to the succeeded rights at the time of succession, is deemed to having been contributed by the government to the Institute.

(3)The value of the assets specified in the preceding paragraph which was deemed to be a contribution by the government pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph is to be the value assessed by the Evaluation Committee using the market value on the day of establishment of the Institute as the standard.

(4)Other necessary matters related to the Evaluation Committee and assessment by the Evaluation Committee as specified in the preceding paragraph are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 6(1)Beyond what is provided for in the preceding Article, buildings, etc. (buildings and auxiliary structures of the buildings; hereinafter the same applies in the following paragraph) that are actually in the process of being constructed at the time of establishment of the Institute and that are specified by Cabinet Order are deemed to be additional contributions by the government to the Institute.

(2)The value of buildings, etc. that are intended to be contributions by the government pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is the value assessed by the Evaluation Committee using the market value on the day of contribution as the standard.

(3)Other necessary matters related to the Evaluation Committee and assessments by the Evaluation Committee as specified in the preceding paragraph are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 7The State may, pursuant to Cabinet Order, allow the Institute to use, without compensation, national government asset that is specified by Cabinet Order and that is actually being used by an agency or department of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for matters specified by Cabinet Order at the time of establishment of the Institute, for the national government asset to be used for the Institute.

Article 11Beyond what is provided for in Articles 2 through 7 and the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the necessary transitional measures associated with the establishment of the Institute and any other necessary transitional measures for the implementation of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of June 1, 2000.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2005; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation, and the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of March 31 of the same year.

Article 2A person who is actually an employee of the existing National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as the "existing Institute") at the time of implementation of this Act becomes an employee of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as the "Institute") on the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as "implementation date"), unless a written appointment is otherwise issued.

Article 3With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 82, paragraph (2) of the National Public Service Act (Act No. 120 of 1947), a person who has become an employee of the Institute pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article is deemed to have retired, due to the fact that the person becomes a national public servant in special service, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph, and the loss of one's status as a national public servant pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article results in the person becoming a national public servant in special service, etc. as prescribed in the paragraph at the request of the appointer.

Article 4(1)The retirement allowance pursuant to the National Government Employees, etc. Retirement Allowance Act (Act No. 182 of 1953) is not paid to a person who becomes an employee of the Institute pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions.

(2)When the Institute seeks to pay the retirement allowance upon retirement of an employee of the Institute who is subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the tenure during which the person continued in a position as an employee as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the National Government Employees, etc. Retirement Allowance Act (including persons deemed to be employees pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article) is to be deemed as the tenure during which the person was an employee of the Institute and handled as such.

(3)When a person who holds a position as an employee of the existing Institute on the day before the implementation date continues to be an employee of the Institute pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions, and when that person continues to become an employee pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1) of the National Government Employees, etc. Retirement Allowance Act after the tenure as an employee of the Institute, for the computation of the period of time of their services that serves as the basis for calculating the retirement allowance to be received pursuant to that Act, their tenure as an employee of the Institute is deemed to be their ongoing tenure as an employee prescribed in that paragraph; provided, however, that this does not apply when the person has received a retirement allowance (including benefits equivalent to this retirement allowance) as a result of retiring from the Institute.

(4)Among the persons who held positions as employees of the existing Institute on the day before the implementation date, and who continued to become employees of the Institute pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions, a person who retired from the Institute between the implementation date and when the person obtained recipient qualification for unemployment, etc. benefits pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act (Act No. 116 of 1974) and who may receive a retirement allowance pursuant to the provisions of Article 10 of the National Government Employees, etc. Retirement Allowance Act if they held a position as an employee of the existing Institute up until the day of the retirement, the Institute is to pay an amount equivalent to the retirement allowance calculated based on the example in the provisions of the Article to the person as a retirement allowance.

Article 5(1)A labor union as prescribed in the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2) of the Act on Labor Relations of Specified Incorporated Administrative Agencies, etc. (Act No. 257 of 1948; hereinafter referred to as "Specified Labor Act" in the following Article) that actually exists upon implementation of this Act, and when the majority of the members continue to be employees of the Institute pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions, the union is considered to be a labor union to which the Labor Union Act (Act No. 174 of 1949) applies at the time of implementation of this Act.In this case, when the labor union is a corporation, the labor union is to become a corporate labor union.

(2)A labor union that has become a corporate labor union pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must obtain certification from the labor relations commission regarding conformity to the provisions of Article 2 and Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Labor Union Act by the day on which sixty days have elapsed from the implementation date and undergo registration at the location of its principal office; otherwise, the labor union is to be dissolved after the elapse of that date.

(3)The proviso of Article 2 of the Labor Union Act (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)) does not apply to an employee organization that has become a labor union to which that Act applies pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) until the day on which sixty days have elapsed from the implementation date.

Article 6(1)With regard to the period for filing a petition with the Central Labour Relations Commission pertaining to dismissal by the existing Institute prior to the implementation of this Act pursuant to Article 18 of the Specified Labor Act, and the period for an order by the Central Labour Relations Commission, the provisions then in force remain applicable.

(2)With regard to matters provided for in Chapter III of the Specified Labor Act (excluding the provisions of Articles 12 through 16) and Chapter VI pertaining to cases relating to mediation, conciliation, or arbitration where the existing Institute that are actually pending in the Central Labor Relations Commission at the time of enforcement of this Act and the labor union to which the Specified Labor Act pertaining to the employees of the Institute applies are the concerned parties, the provisions then in force remain applicable.

Article 7Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 to the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures for the implementation of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation.

Article 7With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts performed prior to the implementation of this Act, the provisions then in force remain applicable.

Article 8Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, the necessary transitional measures associated with the implementation of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.