CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to contribute to improving the people's health and helping them make good use of their leisure hours by encouraging the installation and utilization of sports facilities and ensuring sound development of the sports facility business.
Article 2(Definitions) #
The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Sep. 18, 2018; May 19, 2020; Apr. 13, 2021; Jan. 18, 2022>
1. The term "sports facilities" means a facility constantly used for sports activities (including a facility in which a person experiences as if he or she plays a real sports game in a virtual sports game environment using the information processing technology or mechanical equipment; provided, game products defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Game Industry Promotion Act shall be excluded) and a subsidiary facility;
2. The term "sports facility business" means the business of installing and managing a sports facility or providing lessons by using a sports facility for profit-making purposes;
3. The term "sports facility business entity" means a person who files registration for a sports facility business under Article 19 (1) and (2) or files a report thereon under Article 20;
4. The term "member" means a person who agrees with a sports facility business entity (including any other person who obtains approval of a business plan under Article 12) on the more preferential use of the relevant sports facility for sports facility business or lessons using the sports facility under more favorable terms and conditions than a general user's use of such sports facility for a fixed period of at least one year;
5. The term "general user" means a person who agrees with a sports facility business entity on using a sports facility or taking a lesson using the sports facility for a fixed period of less than one year by giving a price for using the facility or taking a lesson using the facility (hereinafter referred to as "user fees").