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  • Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Maritime Safety Act
    • Competent Ministry : Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries
    • Advance Publication of Legislation : 2022-08-23
    • Opinion Submission Deadline : 2022-10-04

Amend part of the Enforcement Decree of the Maritime Safety Act as follows:


Revise “Articles 46 (2) and (4) of the Act” in the main sentence of Article 2 to “Act Articles 46 (2) and (3).”


Newly insert Article 15-2 as below:

Article 15-2 (Duties of safety management officer, etc.) “Other duties prescribed by Presidential Decree” stated in Article 46-3 (1) 7 of the Act refers to duties related to supporting cession of the vessel operation and crew evacuation, etc. in the event of a disaster. 


Delete Article 16.


Change Article 20-2 to Article 20-5 and newly insert Articles 20-2 through 20-4 and Article 20-6 as below:

Article 20-2 (Qualifications to take the Vessel Safety Manager Exam, etc.) (1) “Qualifications to take the exam prescribed by Presidential Decree” stated in Article 61-2(3) of the Act refers to the standards for each class of vessel safety manager in accordance with the attached Table 4-3.

 (2) “Persons prescribed by Presidential Decree” stated in the proviso to Article 61-2(3) of the Act refers to any of the following persons:

 1. A person who holds a level 3 officer’s license or higher under the Ship Officers Act;

 2. An Industrial Safety Engineer under the National Technical Qualifications Act; 

 3. An Industrial Safety Instructor under Occupational Safety and Health Act;


Article 20-3 (Exam Subjects and Passing Criteria) (1) A vessel safety manager qualification exam (hereinafter referred as “qualification exam”) under Article 61-2(6) of the Act shall be carried out as a written test and an interview for each class as shown in attached Table 4-4.

 (2) Exemption criteria for some exam subjects of the written test for anyone who falls under any of the subparagraphs of Article 20-2 (2) is shown in attached Table 4-5.

 (3) Written test and interview are each scored out of 100 points, and successful applicants are determined according to the following criteria:

 1. Written test: A person with a score of 40 points or above for all subjects and the average score of all the subjects is 60 points or higher.

 2. Interview: A person with a score of 60 points or above.


Article 20-4 (Holding Exams and Determination of Successful Applicants, etc.) (1) In principle, the qualification exams shall be conducted once a year, but it may be increased or decreased if the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries deems it necessary.

 (2) If the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries wants to conduct the qualification exam, the Minister should announce necessary matters such as application qualifications, exam subjects, rate of questions by subject contents, date and place of exam, application procedure, etc. on the website of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, etc. 90 days before holding the qualification exam so that all future applicants know the details.  

 (3) The Minister of Oceans and Fisheries shall appoint or commission an examiner to write questions and grade the exam papers from among any one of the following persons:

 1. A person who has a doctorate degree in maritime safety and vessel safety related fields;

 2. A person who has worked at least 2 years as an assistant professor or higher in a department related to maritime safety and vessel safety at a university;

 3. A person who has worked as a safety management officer for at least 7 years;

 4. A person who has worked at a professional organization related to maritime safety and vessel safety for at least 7 years; and

 5. A person recognized by the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries as having expertise in vessel safety management.

 (4) A person wishing to apply for the qualification exam shall submit to the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries application form prescribed by an Ordinance of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and relevant documents to prove work experience. 

 (5) The Minister of Oceans and Fisheries shall announce persons who passed the qualification exam on the website of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, etc. once they are decided.

 (6) The Minister of Oceans and Fisheries shall issue a certificate of the successful applicant under Article 5 if he or she applies for issuance of a certificate in accordance with an Ordinance of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.

 (7) The person applying for the qualification exam or issuance of a vessel safety manager certificate (including re-issuance) shall pay a fee prescribed by an Ordinance of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.

 (8) Other matters related to the management and operation of the qualification exam shall be determined by the organization conducting the qualification exam.


Article 20-6 (Vessel Safety Manager Association) Bylaws of the vessel safety manager association shall include the following in accordance with Article 97-5 (3) of the Act:

 1. Purpose:

 2. Name:

 3. Place of office (including branches or place of business);

 4. Business and matters related to its execution;

 5. Matters related to qualifications, joining, withdrawing, rights and obligations of membership;

 6. Matters related to board members and employees;

 7. Matters related to general meetings and board of directors;

 8. Matters related to agencies and the organizations;

 9. Matters related to assets and accounting;

 10. Matters related to changes to bylaws; and

 11. Matters related to announcement methods.


Newly insert the below subparagraph 14-2 in Article 21-2, change “Article 46 (3) of the Act” in subparagraph 15 of that paragraph to “Article 46(4) of the Act,” newly insert below subparagraphs 15-2 through 15-6 and 30 of that paragraph, change paragraph (6) to (8) of that Article, and newly insert below paragraphs (6) and (7) of that Article:

 14-2. Order to make measures pursuant to Article 45 (4) of the Act

 15-2. Accept a report under Article 46-2 (3) of the Act

 15-3. Order of execution under Article 46-2 (5) of the Act

 15-4. Accept notice under Article 46-3 (4) of the Act

 15-5. Order of execution under Article 46-3 (6) of the Act

 15-6. Request change of appointment pursuant to Article 46-3 (7) of the Act

 30. Impose or collect administrative fine pursuant to Article 110 (5)1 of the Act

 (6) In accordance with Article 99 (3) of the Act, the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries shall consign education under Article 46-3 (3) of the Act to Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology or to a designated certificate examination agency pursuant to Article 48 1) of the Act.

 (7) The Minister of Oceans and Fisheries shall consign the following jobs related to the qualification exam to the Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology pursuant to Article 99 (3) of the Act:

 1. Conduct qualification exams pursuant to Article 20-4 (1);

 2. Make announcements under Article 20-4 (2);

 3. Appoint or commission an examiner pursuant to Article 20-4 (3);

 4. Announce successful applicants in accordance with Article 20-4 (5);

 5. Receive application to issue a certificate under Article 20-4 (6); and

 6. Collect a fee pursuant to Article 20-4 (7).


Newly insert Article 21-2 as follows:

Article 21-2 (Processing Unique Identification Data) Minister of Oceans and Fisheries (including persons consigned with duties of the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries under Article 21) may process data containing resident registration number or foreign registration number under subparagraph 1 or 4 of Article 19 of the Enforcement Decree of the Personal Information Protection Act when it is unavoidable to perform the following jobs:

 1. To check eligibility to apply for the qualification exam and whether the applicant is eligible for exam subject exemption under Article 61-2 (3) of the Act;

 2. To issue certificate under 61-2 (6) of the Act;

 3. To check grounds for disqualification under Article 61-4 of the Act; and

 4. To revoke or suspend qualification under Article 61-5.


Delete Article 22-2 (2).

The term “vessel” in subparagraph 1 (a) in attached Table 2-3 refers to “a vessel or a vessel engaged in marine passenger transportation services under Article 3 of Maritime Transportation Act,” the term “vessel” in item (c) in that same box refers to “a vessel or a vessel engaged in marine passenger transportation services under Article 3 of Maritime Transportation Act,” the term “vessel” in subparagraph 2 (a) in that same Table refers to “a vessel or a vessel engaged in marine passenger transportation services under Article 3 of Maritime Transportation Act,” the term “vessel” in subparagraph 3 (a) in that same Table refers to “a vessel or a vessel engaged in marine passenger transportation services under Article 3 of Maritime Transportation Act,” the term “vessel” in subparagraph 4 (c) in that same Table refers to “a vessel or a vessel engaged in marine passenger transportation services under Article 3 of Maritime Transportation Act,” and subparagraph 5 (c) is newly added in that same Table as follows:

C. A project which the project implementer or Disposing Authority determines that re-examination is required due to changes in the project plan that affects the results of the safety examination, wherein the project falls under subparagraphs 1 through 4 and item (a) or (b) of subparagraph 5 (Examination is limited to matters that affect the results of the existing examination results)


Change Note 1 of attached Table 2-3 as follows:

 1. The term “waters passed by a vessel of 100 m or more in length or a vessel engaged in marine passenger transportation services under Article 3 of the Maritime Transportation Act” refers to waters passed in which relevant vessel pass an average of four or more times a day, and the scope of waters is limited to five times the length of the largest vessel passing nearby.

Change “vessel of 100 m or more in length” in the latter part of Note 1 of attached Table 2-3 to “concerned vessel” and “vessel” into “a vessel or a vessel engaged in marine passenger transportation services under Article 3 of Maritime Transportation Act,” and newly add the following as Note 4:

 4. The term “length” refers to the full length of the concerned vessel.


Delete attached Table 3.


Newly add attached Tables 4-3 through 4-5 as shown in attachment.


Change “Article 45 of the Act” in subparagraph 2 (v) of the attached Table 5 to “Article 45 (1) of the Act,” change “Article 46 (3) of the Act” in item (w) of that subparagraph to “Article 46 (4) of the Act,” change “under Article 46 (5) of the Act” in item (x) of that subparagraph to “in violation of Article 46-2 (1) or (2) of the Act”, change “having” to “appointing or change appointment of,” respectively change items (bb) through (xx) of that subparagraph to items (ee) through (aaa), respectively change items (y) through (aa) of that subparagraph to items (aa) through (cc), and newly add items (y) and (z) of that subparagraph as follows:

Y. When appointment of a safety management officer and a safety manager or changes to appointment thereof are not reported in violation of Article 46-2 (3) of the Act 

Article 110 of the Act

Paragraph (3)18-2

200

 

Z. In case of failure to receive education in violation of Article 46-3 (3) of the Act

Article 110 of the Act

Paragraph (5)1

30

 

 

Newly add item (dd) to subparagraph 2 of attached Table 5 as follows:

(dd) When the wording vessel safety manager or a term similar thereto was used in violation of Article 61-2 (5) of the act

Article 110 of the Act

Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (5)

30

 

 

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