ACT ON THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF UNINHABITED ISLANDS

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the promotion of public welfare with the systematic management of uninhabited islands and surrounding waters by prescribing matters necessary for the conservation and management of uninhabited islands and surrounding waters.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Feb. 18, 2020; Aug. 16, 2023>

1. The term "uninhabited island" means naturally formed land which is surrounded by the sea and appears above the surface of the sea at flood, where no person lives (referring to settling and doing economic activities continuously; hereinafter the same shall apply); provided, an island on which people live in the limited area only for the following reasons shall be deemed an uninhabited island;

a. Operation of aids to navigation under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Aids to Navigation Act;

b. Operation of nautical aids under subparagraph 5b1) of Article 2 of the Harbor Act;

c. Temporary residence for lawful fishing under the Fisheries Act;

d. Stationing for military purposes or public security;

e. Development of uninhabited islands for which a plan for development project has been approved pursuant to Article 16 (applicable only before the completion of development works, where residential facilities are included for development);

f. Implementation of other purposes permitted, approved, etc. by the relevant administrative agencies;

2. The term "surrounding waters" means the sea within one kilometer from the high-water line of an uninhabited island, excluding the sea prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as a harbor area under subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Harbor Act;

3. The term "land exposed at the ebb" means naturally formed land that appears above the surface of the sea at the ebb and submerges under the surface of the sea at the flood;

4. The term "uninhabited island at the starting point of the territorial sea" means an uninhabited island recognized as the ordinary baseline or the straight line pursuant to Article 2(1) and (2) of the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Act and land exposed at the ebb recognized as the baseline for measuring the width of the territorial sea in accordance with international law.

ACT ON THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF UNINHABITED ISLANDS

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Responsibilities of the State) #

Article 4(Establishment of integrated information system) #

Article 5(Relationship to other statutes) #

Article 6(Comprehensive management plans) #

Article 7(Special management plan) #

Article 8(Deliberation by Committee) #

Article 9(Inspection on actual conditions) #

Article 10(Designation of uninhabited islands by type of management) #

Article 11(Procedures for designation of types of management) #

Article 12(Restrictions on acts on uninhabited islands under absolute conservation) #

Article 12-2(Restrictions on acts on uninhabited islands under quasi-conservation) #

Article 12-3(Restrictions on acts on available uninhabited islands) #

Article 12-4(Revocation of permission) #

Article 13(Restrictions on access to uninhabited islands under absolute conservation) #

Article 14(Temporary restrictions on access to uninhabited islands under quasi-conservation) #

Article 15 #

Article 16(Development of developable uninhabited islands) #

Article 17(Revocation of plan for development projects) #

Article 18(Legal fiction of authorization and permission) #

Article 19(Management of uninhabited islands at starting point of territorial sea) #

Article 20(Suspension order) #

Article 21(Check on uninhabited islands) #

Article 22(Access to another person's land) #

Article 23(Purchase of land, etc) #

Article 24(Request for purchase of land) #

Article 25(Measures for stabilization of price of real estate) #

Article 26(Inspectors of uninhabited islands) #

Article 27(Honorary managers) #

Article 28(Succession to rights or obligations) #

Article 29(Report of present status of uninhabited islands) #

Article 30(Establishment of uninhabited islands conservation association of korea) #

Article 31(Hearings) #

Article 32(Delegation of authority) #

Article 33(Legal fiction as public officials in application of penalty provisions) #

Article 34(Penalty provisions) #

Article 35(Penalty provisions) #

Article 36(Joint penalty provisions) #

Article 37(Administrative fines) #