Urban Gas Business Act.

The purpose of this Act is to protect users' interests and promote the sound development of urban gas business by rationally adjusting and fostering urban gas business, and to secure public safety by prescribing matters on the installation, maintenance, and safety management of gas supply facilities and gas-using facilities. For the purpose of the present Act the term "urban gas" means gases prescribed by Presidential Decree, which include natural gas (including liquefied natural gas), or petroleum gas, byproduct gas from naphtha, biogas, or synthetic natural gas supplied via pipelines; the term "urban gas business" means the business of supplying urban gas to users or producing urban gas. Article 29 establishes that any urban gas business entity and user of specific gas-using facilities shall select and appoint a safety manager before commencing his/her business or using the relevant facilities to perform duties of maintaining the safety of and operating gas supply facilities