Article 71(Delegation and Entrustment of Authority) #
(1) Deleted. <Nov. 27, 2018>
(2) The Minister of the Korea Forest Service shall delegate the following authority to the head of the National Forest Seed Variety Center pursuant to Article 70 (1) of the Act: <Amended on Apr. 30, 2024>
1. Authority over the establishment, etc. of infrastructure for forest management under Article 9 of the Act;
2. Authority over the examination of plant varieties under the main clause of Article 18 (1) of the Act;
3. Authority over the publication of applications for plant variety protection and public announcement of the registration of plant varieties under Article 18 (2) of the Act;
4. Authority over the designation, protection, and management of forests for seed collection, etc. and creation of arboretums for seed collection or arboretums for gene collection under Article 19 (1) of the Act;
5. Authority over the rescission of designation of the whole or part of a forest for seed collection, etc. under Article 19 (3) of the Act;
6. Authority over the receipt of reports on felling timber to tend forests and on extracting and gathering forest products under the proviso of Article 19 (5) of the Act, with the exception of its subparagraphs;
7. Authority over the operation of national forest management associations under Article 23-2 of the Act (limited to arboretums for seed collection, arboretums for gene collection, forests for seed collection, and experimental forests managed by the National Forest Seed Variety Center);
7-2. Authority to certify the quality of native plant seeds under Article 42-14 (1) of the Act (limited to seeds for forest use publicly notified by the Minister of the Korea Forest Service pursuant to Article 16 (1) of the Act);
7-3. Authority to revoke the quality certification of the native plant seeds under Article 42-15 of the Act (limited to seeds for forest use publicly notified by the Minister of the Korea Forest Service pursuant to Article 16 (1) of the Act);
8. Authority over the designation, etc. of experimental forests under Article 47 of the Act.
(3) The Minister of the Korea Forest Service shall delegate the following authority to the President of the National Institute of Forest Science pursuant to Article 70 (1) of the Act: <Amended on Jul. 9, 2019; Jun. 27, 2023>
1. Authority over the operation of national forest management associations referred to in Article 23-2 of the Act (limited to authority over experimental forests under Article 47 (1) of the Act managed by the National Institute of Forest Science);
2. Authority over the establishment and operation of a forest satellite observation network under Article 33-2 of the Act;
3. Authority over the investigation and evaluation of impacts of climate, conduct of a fact-finding survey, provision of data, and request for cooperation in conducting a fact-finding survey under Article 51-5 of the Act.
(4) The Minister of the Korea Forest Service shall delegate the following authority to the President of the National Institute of Forest Science or to the head of the Korea National Arboretum pursuant to Article 70 (1) of the Act. In such case, approval from the Minister of the Korea Forest Service shall be obtained to grant exemption from royalties pursuant to Article 35 or 37:
1. Authority over the establishment, etc. of infrastructure for forest management under Article 9 of the Act;
2. Joint research under Article 34 (2) of the Act;
3. Entering into a contract for the use of joint research and development outcomes under Article 35 (1) of the Act;
4. Entering into a contract for the use of patent pending in-service inventions under Article 35 (3) of the Act;
5. Authority over the designation, etc. of experimental forests under Article 47 of the Act.
(5) The Minister of the Korea Forest Service shall delegate the following authority to the head of the Korea National Arboretum pursuant to Article 70 (1) of the Act. <Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree, April 30, 2024>
1. Authority to certify the quality of native plant seeds under Article 42-14 of the Act (excluding the seeds for forest use publicly notified by the Minister of the Korea Forest Service pursuant to Article 16 (1) of the Act);
2. Authority to revoke the quality certification of native plant seeds under Article 42-15 of the Act (excluding the seeds for forest use publicly notified by the Minister of the Korea Forest Service pursuant to Article 16 (1) of the Act);
(6) The Minister of the Korea Forest Service shall delegate the following authority to the head of a regional office of the Korea Forest Service pursuant to Article 70 (1) of the Act: <Amended on Apr. 30, 2024>
1. Authority over the establishment, etc. of infrastructure for forest management under Article 9 of the Act;
2. Authority over the designation, protection, and management of forests for seed collection, etc. and creation of arboretums for seed collection or arboretums for gene collection under Article 19 (1) of the Act;
3. Authority over the rescission of designation of the whole or part of a forest for seed collection, etc. under Article 19 (3) of the Act;
4. Authority over the receipt of reports on felling timber to tend forests and extracting and gathering forest products under the proviso of Article 19 (5) of the Act, with the exception of its subparagraphs;
5. Authority over the operation of national forest management associations under Article 23-2 of the Act (excluding arboretums for seed collection, arboretums for gene collection, forests for seed collection, experimental forests, and forests for breeding managed by the National Forest Seed Variety Center or the National Institute of Forest Science);
6. Authority over the designation, etc. of experimental forests under Article 47 of the Act;
7. Authority over the return of forest project subsidies under Article 65 of the Act.
(7) The director general of a regional office of forest service shall delegate the following authority to the head of a national forest management office under the jurisdiction of the relevant regional office of forest service pursuant to Article 70 (3) of the Act: <Amended on Jun. 27, 2023; Apr. 30, 2024>
1. Permission to fell standing timber or to extract and gather forest products under Article 36 (1) of the Act;
2. Receipt of reports on felling standing timber or extracting and gathering forest products (limited to extracting and gathering forest products to conduct forest experiments or research) under Article 36 (5) of the Act.
(8) The Minister of the Korea Forest Service may entrust his or her duties relating to posting forest management technicians under Article 31 (1) of the Act to the President of the National Forestry Cooperative Federation pursuant to Article 70 (4) of the Act. <Amended on Apr. 30, 2024>
[This Article Wholly Amended on Sep. 11, 2014]