LANDSCAPING PROMOTION ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to ensure development of the infrastructure for and enhancement of competitive edge in the field of landscaping, and contribute to improvement of the people’s living environment and enhancement of the people’s life quality, by prescribing matters necessary for promoting the field of landscaping.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The definitions of terms used in this Act shall be as follows:

1. The term "landscaping" means planning, designing, constructing and managing land or facilities so as to create landscapes in an ecological, functional and aesthetical manner by applying humanistic and scientific knowledge;

2. The term "landscaping business entity" means a person who engages in landscaping business after making a registration or report pursuant to Article 9 of the Framework Act on the Construction Industry, Articles 5-7 and 6 of the Professional Engineers Act, and Article 21 of the Engineering Industry Promotion Act;

3. The term "landscaping engineer" means a person who acquires a national technical qualification in the field of landscaping pursuant to the National Technical Qualifications Act or who is engaged in the field of landscaping after making a report pursuant to Article 21 of the Construction Technology Promotion Act;

4. The term "landscaping promotion facility" means a facility designated pursuant to Article 7 to support the business activities of landscaping business entities by intensively attracting landscaping business entities;

5. The term "landscaping promotion complex" means an area designated or created pursuant to Article 8 to revitalize the field of landscaping by intensively attracting landscaping business entities, supporting facilities therefor, etc.;

6. The term "contracting authority" means an entity mentioned in any of the following subparagraphs, who awards a contract for a landscaping project:

a. The State or a local government;

b. A public institution prescribed in Article 2(1) of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions;

c. A project implementer prescribed in subparagraph 7 of Article 2 of the Act on Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure or a person entrusted by a project implementer with the implementation of a project; provided, a person entrusted with the implementation of a project shall be limited to a person, at least 1/2 of whose capital is contributed by the relevant project implementer and who is approved by the head of the relevant central administrative agency as a contracting authority;