SPECIAL ACT ON THE SAFETY CONTROL OF PUBLICLY USED ESTABLISHMENTS

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to enhancing public safety and welfare by providing for matters necessary for the installation and maintenance of safe facilities, etc., the safety control, and fire risk assessment in publicly-used establishments, and fire liability insurance of owners of publicly-used businesses, in order to protect the safety, health, and property of citizens from a fire, disasters and any other emergency situation. <Amended on Feb. 22, 2012; Jan. 7, 2014>

[This Article Wholly Amended on May 30, 2011]

Article 2(Definitions) #

(1) The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Aug. 4, 2011; Jan. 7, 2014>

1. The term "publicly-used business" means a business prescribed by Presidential Decree as one in which harm is highly likely to be inflicted on the safety, health, and property of persons if a fire or any disaster occurs, among businesses accessed by many, unspecified persons;

2. The term “safety facilities, etc.” means firefighting facilities, emergency exits, evacuation passageways inside the place of business, and other facilities for safety as prescribed by Presidential Decree;

3. The term "interior decoration" means anything prescribed by Presidential Decree among things installed on the ceiling or an interior wall of a building;

4. The term "fire risk assessment" means predicting and analyzing the likelihood of occurrence of a fire in an area or a building in which business establishments for public use (hereinafter referred to as "publicly-used establishment") are densely concentrated, and the foreseeable harm that fire is likely to inflict on the safety, health, and property of many, unspecified persons in such area or building, and the impact of fire on the neighborhood of such area or building, and seeking countermeasures against such fire;

5. The term “place of business of sealed layout” means the place of business falling under standards prescribed by Presidential Decree, the layout of which is not facilitated for light, ventilation, air circulation, and evacuation, etc., among the places of business of publicly-used establishments;

6. The term “interior partition of place of business” means creating a partitioned room using a wall or partition so that customers can use the interior place of business of the publicly-used establishment.

SPECIAL ACT ON THE SAFETY CONTROL OF PUBLICLY USED ESTABLISHMENTS

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Responsibilities of the State) #

Article 4(Relationship to Other Statutes) #

Article 5(Establishment and Implementation of Master Plans for Safety Control) #

Article 6(Formulation and Implementation of Execution Plans) #

Article 7(Matters for Notification by Relevant Administrative Agencies) #

Article 7-2(Matters on Verification of Permitting Authorities) #

Article 8(Firefighting Safety Education) #

Article 9(Standards for Safety Control of Publicly-Used Establishments) #

Article 9-2(Preventing Falls at the Emergency Exits in Publicly-Used Businesses) #

Article 10(Interior Decorations in Publicly-Used Establishments) #

Article 10-2(Interior Partitions in Places of Business) #

Article 11(Maintenance and Management of Evacuation Facilities, Fire Compartments, and Firefighting Facilities) #

Article 12(Keeping Evacuation Maps or Showing Video Clip for Evacuation Information) #

Article 13(Periodic Checkups on Safety Facilities by Owners of Publicly-Used Businesses) #

Article 13-2(Obligation to Subscribe to Fire Liability Insurance) #

Article 13-3(Promotion and Management of Subscription to Fire Liability Insurance) #

Article 13-4(Payment of Insurance Money) #

Article 13-5(Obligation to Enter into Fire Liability Insurance Contracts and Prohibition on Forced Subscription) #

Article 13-6(Cancellation or Termination of Fire Liability Insurance Contracts) #

Article 14(Fire Safety Control of Publicly-Used Establishments) #

Article 14-2(Duty of Owners of Publicly-Used Business to Report Safety Accidents) #

Article 15(Fire Risk Assessment of Publicly-Used Establishments) #

Article 16(Registration of Fire Risk Assessment Agents) #

Article 17(Revocation of Registration of Assessment Agents) #

Article 17-2(Hearings) #

Article 18(Method of Preparing Assessment Reports and Guidelines for Calculating Expenses for Vicarious Assessment) #

Article 19(Establishment and Operation of Electronic Computer System for Safety Control) #

Article 20(Disclosure of Establishments Violating Statutes or Regulations) #

Article 20-2(Disclosure of Results of Fire Safety Inspections) #

Article 21(Marks of Exemplary Safety Control Establishments) #

Article 21-2(Prohibition of Seizure) #

Article 22(Entrustment of Authority) #

Article 22-2(Legal Fiction as Public Officials for Purposes of Applying Penalty Provisions) #

Article 23(Penalty Provisions) #

Article 24(Joint Penalty Provisions) #

Article 25(Administrative Fines) #

Article 26(Charges for Compelling Compliance) #