ACT ON THE CREATION AND FURTHERANCE OF ARBORETUMS AND GARDENS

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to provide for matters necessary for the creation, operation, and furtherance of arboretums and gardens to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of citizens and the development of the national economy by promoting the conservation and exploitation of forest genetic resources of national importance and by systematically managing gardens. <Amended on Jan. 3, 2007; May 8, 2009; Jan. 20, 2015>

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Jan. 20, 2015; Dec. 2, 2016; Jan. 15, 2019; Dec. 22, 2020; Apr. 13, 2021; Mar. 21, 2023; Aug. 8, 2023; Jan. 2, 2024; Feb. 6, 2024>

1. The term "arboretum" means any institution primarily engaged in gathering, proliferating, conserving, managing, and exhibiting the genetic resources of forest trees and in conducting scientific and industrial research, etc. on the exploitation of such resources with the following facilities secured in compliance with the standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs:

a. Facilities for proliferating and cultivating forest genetic resources;

b. Facilities for managing forest genetic resources;

c. Flower gardens, native botanic gardens and other facilities for exhibiting forest genetic resources prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs;

d. Other facilities necessary for managing and operating such arboretum;

1-2. The term "garden" means any space in which plants, soil and stones, facilities (including artworks) etc. are continuously managed by displaying, placing, cultivating, or tending them (including facilities and their land); provided, the spaces prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as cultural heritage provided in Article 2 of the Act on the Conservation and Utilization of Cultural Heritage, natural heritage provided in the Act on Conservation and Utilization of Natural Heritage, natural parks under the Natural Parks Act, and urban parks, etc. provided in the Act on Urban Parks and Green Areas shall be excluded herefrom;

2. The term "forest genetic resources" means any genetic resources of scientific and industrial value that include forest plants, such as trees (including both native and cultivated plants), seeds, tissues, cells, pollens and spores thereof, and the genes thereof;

ACT ON THE CREATION AND FURTHERANCE OF ARBORETUMS AND GARDENS

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Projects) #

Article 4(Classification of arboretums and gardens) #

Article 5(Korea National Arboretum) #

Article 6(Formulation of master plans for promotion of arboretums and gardens) #

Article 6-2(Designation and cancellation of designation of arboretum development project areas) #

Article 6-3(Establishment of plan for creation of Korea National Arboretum) #

Article 7(Approval of plan for creation of arboretums) #

Article 8(Legal fiction of authorization, permission under other statutes) #

Article 8-2(Expropriation of land) #

Article 9(Registration) #

Article 10(Issuance of certificates of registration) #

Article 11(Entrance fees) #

Article 12(Opening and temporary closure of arboretums) #

Article 13(Cancellation of registration) #

Article 13-2(Investigation and collection) #

Article 13-3(Designation of national institution for conservation of rare and endemic plants) #

Article 14(Exchange of forest genetic resources) #

Article 15(Exchange of forest genetic resources with foreign countries) #

Article 16(Assistance to promote exchange of information) #

Article 17(Demand for correction) #

Article 17-2(Prohibited acts inside arboretum) #

Article 18(Revocation of registration) #

Article 18-2(Creation of gardens) #

Article 18-3(Designation of national gardens) #

Article 18-4(Registration of gardens) #

Article 18-5(Entrance fees of gardens) #

Article 18-6(Operation and management of gardens) #

Article 18-7(Evaluation of quality, operation, and management of gardens) #

Article 18-8(Prohibited acts within gardens) #

Article 18-9(Implementation of promotion projects) #

Article 18-10(Fact-finding surveys and compilation of statistics) #

Article 18-11(Promotion of research and development of technology) #

Article 18-12(Support for business start-up) #

Article 18-13(Invigoration of international exchanges and overseas market expansion) #

Article 18-14(Support for expositions) #

Article 18-15(Establishment and operation of gardening support centers) #

Article 18-16(Designation of training institutes for specialists in arboreta and gardens) #

Article 18-17(Revocation of designation) #

Article 18-18(Utilization of specialists in arboreta and gardens) #

Article 18-19(Establishment of Korea Arboreta and Gardens Institute) #

Article 18-20(Executive officers) #

Article 18-21(Employees) #

Article 18-22(Operational costs) #

Article 18-23(Acceptance of donations) #

Article 18-24(Submission of business plans and business reports) #

Article 18-25(Other statutes applicable mutatis mutandis) #

Article 19(Designation and cancellation of buffer zones for Korea National Arboretum) #

Article 19-2(Purchase of land, etc. within buffer zones) #

Article 19-3(Requests for purchase of land, etc.) #

Article 20(Consultation about permission for activities within buffer zones) #

Article 21(Hearings) #

Article 22(Provision of subsidies to cover operating expenses) #

Article 23(Delegation and entrustment of authority) #

Article 23-2(Re-examination of regulation) #

Article 23-3(Penalty provisions) #

Article 24(Administrative fines) #