COAST MANAGEMENT ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to prescribe necessary matters concerning the efficient preservation, use, and development of coasts, thereby contributing to enhancing the preservation of the coastal environment, facilitating the sustainable development of coasts, and creating pleasant and affluent coasts as the basis for people's lives.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The definitions of terms used in this Act shall be as follows: <Amended by Act No. 9773, Jun. 9, 2009; Act No. 11020, Aug. 4, 2011; Act No. 12089, Aug. 13, 2013; Act No. 12738, Jun. 3, 2014; Act No. 15607, Apr. 17, 2018>

1. The term "coast" means coastal sea and coastal land;

2. The term "coastal sea" means the following:

(a) Beach (referring to land at the distance from the coast line under Article 6 (1) 4 of the Act on the Establishment, Management, etc. of Spatial Data to the area registered in the cadastral register);

(b) Sea (referring to the body of water at the distance from the coast line under Article 6 (1) 4 of the Act on the Establishment, Management, etc. of Spatial Data to the outer limits of the territorial waters);

3. The term "coastal land" means the following:

(a) Uninhabited islets;

(b) Land areas (excluding river areas under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the River Act) at a range of 500 meters (in cases of harbors under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Harbor Act, national fishery harbors under subparagraph 3 (a) of Article 2 of the Fishing Villages and Fishery Harbors Act, or industrial complexes under subparagraph 8 of Article 2 of the Industrial Sites and Development Act, 1,000 meters) from the boundary line of land in coastal sea, which are prescribed by Presidential Decree;

3-2. The term "coastal erosion" means a phenomenon in which the surface of the earth collapses or sand, etc. is washed away by waves, tidal or ocean currents, wind, sea level rises, installation of facilities, etc.;

4. The term "coastal maintenance project" means any of the following projects implemented in coasts, implemented in accordance with the implementation plan for a coastal maintenance project under Article 25 (1):

COAST MANAGEMENT ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Basic Principles for Coastal Management) #

Article 4(Duties of State, etc.) #

Article 5(Basic Research, etc. on Coasts) #

Article 6 #

Article 7 #

Article 8 #

Article 9 #

Article 10 #

Article 11 #

Article 12 #

Article 13 #

Article 14 #

Article 15 #

Article 16 #

Article 17 #

Article 18 #

Article 19 #

Article 20 #

Article 20-2(Designation, etc. of Coastal Erosion Management Areas) #

Article 20-3(Cancellation or Alteration of Designation of Management Areas) #

Article 20-4(Formulation and Implementation of Management Plans) #

Article 20-5(Restrictions, etc. on Activities in Management Areas) #

Article 20-6(Order for Suspension, Reinstatement, etc.) #

Article 20-7(Temporary Restrictions on Access to Management Areas) #

Article 20-8(Vicarious Execution) #

Article 20-9(Preferential Implementation of Coastal Maintenance Projects) #

Article 21(Formulation of Master Plans for Coastal Maintenance) #

Article 22(Details of Master Plans for Coastal Maintenance) #

Article 23(Amendments to Master Plans for Coastal Maintenance) #

Article 24(Implementer of Coastal Maintenance Projects) #

Article 25(Formulation, etc. of Implementation Plans for Coastal Maintenance Projects) #

Article 26(Legal Fiction of Authorization, Permission, etc.) #

Article 27(Appropriation and Use of Land, etc.) #

Article 28(Bearing Costs, etc.) #

Article 29(Ex Post Facto Management, etc. of Coastal Maintenance Project Structures) #

Article 30(Central Committee for Deliberation on Coastal Management) #

Article 31(Local Committee for Deliberation on Coastal Management) #

Article 32(Natural Coasts Management by Objective) #

Article 33(Coastal Management Officer) #

Article 34(Periodic Inspection of Coasts) #

Article 34-2(Establishment, Management, etc. of Coastal Information System) #

Article 34-3(Research and Development) #

Article 34-4(Education and Public Relations on Coasts) #

Article 34-5(Purchase of Land, etc.) #

Article 35(Access, etc. to Land, etc.) #

Article 36(Compensation for Loss) #

Article 37(Delegation and Entrustment) #

Article 38(Legal Fiction as Public Official in Applying Penalty Provisions) #

Article 38-2(Penalty Provisions) #

Article 38-3(Joint Penalty Provisions) #

Article 39(Administrative Fines) #

Article 21(Formulation of　Master Plans for Coastal Maintenance) #