ACT ON ASSISTANCE TO THE AUTONOMOUS ACTIVITIES OF ENTERPRISES FOR DISASTER MITIGATION

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to enhance national disaster management capabilities by assisting the enterprises with their disaster mitigation activities in order to help them conduct business activities without interrupting their stable conditions in the event of disasters. <Amended on Mar. 31, 2010>

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act shall be defined as follows: <Amended on Mar. 31, 2010; May 29, 2016; Jul. 26, 2017>

1. The term "enterprise" means an enterprise which has completed registration of incorporation pursuant to Article 172 of the Commercial Act or an enterprise which has registered its business pursuant to Article 168 of the Income Tax Act and Article 8 of the Value-Added Tax Act;

1-2. The term "disaster" means what is defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 3 of the Framework Act on the Management of Disasters and Safety;

1-3. The term "disaster damage" means damage caused by disasters;

2. The term "disaster management" means all activities that are conducted for the prevention of, preparedness for, response to and restoration of disasters;

3. The term "disaster mitigation activity program" means a strategy program, mitigation program, program to ensure business continuity, response program and restoration program which enterprises formulate to minimize damage caused by disasters;

4. The term "disaster management standards" means standards prepared and published by the Minister of the Interior and Safety for enterprises to formulate disaster mitigation activity programs;

5. Deleted; <May 29, 2016>

6. The term "enterprise with outstanding performance in disaster mitigation" means an enterprise which has obtained a certificate of outstanding enterprise pursuant to Article 7.

Article 3(Obligations of State) #

The State and local governments may assist enterprises with their disaster mitigation activities so that they can conduct stable business activities, free from disasters. <Amended on Mar. 31, 2010>

ACT ON ASSISTANCE TO THE AUTONOMOUS ACTIVITIES OF ENTERPRISES FOR DISASTER MITIGATION

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Obligations of State) #

Article 4(Observation of standards for disaster management by enterprises) #

Article 5(Public notice of standards for disaster management) #

Article 6(Management of standards for disaster management) #

Article 6-2(Requests for statistical data on enterprises' disaster damage mitigation activities) #

Article 7(Certification of disaster mitigation activities) #

Article 8(Revocation of certification of outstanding enterprises) #

Article 8-2(Designation of certification agency) #

Article 8-3(Revocation of designation as certification agency) #

Article 9(Services of certification agency) #

Article 10(Nurturing of experts) #

Article 10-2(Certifying qualification for enterprise disaster management) #

Article 10-3(Educating enterprise disaster manager) #

Article 11(Programming of disaster mitigation activities) #

Article 12(Registration of disaster mitigation activity programming agents) #

Article 13(Criteria for calculation of cost of vicarious execution of duties by agents) #

Article 14(Grounds for disqualification of agents) #

Article 15(Matters to be observed by outstanding enterprises and agents) #

Article 16(Suspension or closure of agency business) #

Article 17(Cancellation of registration of agents or suspension of business) #

Article 18(Continuance of agency business after registration cancellation or business suspension) #

Article 19(Granting additional points) #

Article 20(Discounting insurance premiums) #

Article 21(Tax credit) #

Article 22(Preferential treatment in financial support) #

Article 23(Financial support for disaster mitigation facilities) #

Article 24(Fostering of R&D business for facilitation of disaster mitigation activities) #

Article 25(Support for relocating to infrastructure facilities) #

Article 26(Appropriation of costs of disaster mitigation activities) #

Article 27(Support for education, training) #

Article 28(Collection and dissemination of information on disaster mitigation activities) #

Article 29(Surveys of opinions of enterprises) #

Article 30(Establishment of Association of Business Continuity and Disaster Mitigation) #

Article 31(Articles of Association) #

Article 31-2(Reporting, inspection) #

Article 32(Fees) #

Article 33(Delegation or entrustment of authority) #

Article 34(Rewards) #

Article 35(Hearings) #

Article 35-2(Legal fiction as public officials in application of penalty provisions) #

Article 36(Penalty provisions) #

Article 37(Administrative fines) #