Water-Related Leisure Activities Safety Act.

The purpose of this Act is to secure the safety and order of water-related leisure activities and to promote the sound development of water-related leisure business. For the purpose of the present Act the term "water-related leisure activities" means activities performed for hobbies, recreation, physical exercise or education using leisure watercrafts on the water. Article 28-2 lays down provisions relating to the establishment of the Korea Water-related Leisure Activity Safety Association which shall be established to carry out affairs commissioned by administrative agencies, such as the Minister of Public Safety and Security, including research and development, public relations, training and education on safety management of water-related leisure activities, in order to promote the sound development of the water-related leisure industry and to empower employees of water-related leisure business operators to better conduct safety management. The text - consisting of 59 articles – deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: operator licence, special cases concerning operator license for foreigner, disqualification from obtaining operator license, license examination, exemption from licence examination, renewal of operator license, water-related safety education, penalty surcharges, education, navigation regulations, prohibition of unlicensed navigation.