ACT ON PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS AT COASTAL SEA

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to protect the safety, health, and property of the people and to promote the safety of the general public by prescribing matters necessary to prevent accidents on coastal sea areas.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>

1. The term "coastal sea area" means an area referred to in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Coast Management Act (including uninhabited islands defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Act on the Conservation and Management of Uninhabited Islands);

2. The term "accident at coastal sea" means the following accidents that occur in coastal sea areas, causing danger and injury to people; provided, marine accidents defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Act on the Investigation of and Inquiry into Marine Accidents, shall be excluded herefrom:

a. An accident caused by falling into the sea from mud flats, rocks on the seashore, bulwarks, land-connecting bridges, docks, uninhabited islands, etc., or by crash, isolation, etc.;

b. An accident that occurs during coastal sea experience activities;

3. The term "coastal sea experience activity" means an experiential activity conducted in coast sea areas, prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.

Article 3(Responsibilities of the State) #

(1) The State and local governments shall formulate and implement policies necessary to protect the life, health, and property of the people, from accidents at coastal sea.

(2) The State and local governments shall endeavor to establish a safety system as well as the necessary foundations for effectively preventing accidents at coastal sea.

(3) The State and local governments shall endeavor to conduct safety education necessary to prevent accidents at coastal sea. <Added on Apr. 13, 2021>

ACT ON PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS AT COASTAL SEA

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Responsibilities of the State) #

Article 4(Relationship to other statutes) #

Article 5(Formulation of master plans for prevention of accidents at coastal sea) #

Article 6(Details of master plans) #

Article 7(Formulation and execution of implementation plans) #

Article 8(Councils for prevention of accidents at coastal sea) #

Article 9(Formulation and implementation of safety management regulations for accidents at coastal sea) #

Article 10(Access control) #

Article 11(Safety rules for coastal sea experience activities) #

Article 11-2(Safety education for coastal sea experience activities) #

Article 12(Report on coastal sea experience activities) #

Article 13(Subscription to insurance) #

Article 13-2(Provision of information on subscription to insurance, etc.) #

Article 14(Restriction on coastal sea experience activities) #

Article 15(Safety inspections on coastal sea experience activities) #

Article 16(Formation and operation of coast guard) #

Article 17(Commissioning of coastal safety wardens) #

Article 18(Safety management in uninhabited islands) #

Article 19(Formulation of safety culture policies) #

Article 19-2(Promotion of coastal safety education and public awareness campaigns) #

Article 20(Safety at coastal sea day and safety inspection week) #

Article 21(Research on prevention of accidents at coastal sea and mitigation of damage) #

Article 22(Delegation and entrustment) #

Article 22-2(Legal fiction as public officials for purposes of applying penalty provisions) #

Article 22-3(Hearings) #

Article 23(Penalty provisions) #

Article 24(Joint penalty provisions) #

Article 25(Administrative fines) #