1. Reason for Revision
○ The revision revises the Enforcement Decree and Enforcement Rules to implement follow-up measures in accordance with the revision of the Installation and Utilization of Sports Facilities Act (February 27, 20242), such as strengthening the safety management of sports facilities and improving regulations for golf courses usage.
2. Main contents
○ (Strengthening the safety of management of sports facilities) The revision stipulates the obligation to remedy any defects** that pose a threat or risk, including serious defects* under the current Enforcement Decree (Article 2-6), and establishes the grounds for imposing fines for negligence (KRW 250,000-500,000) in the event of non-compliance (Attached Table 4 of Article 23).
* (Current) Serious structural defects of facilities, such as damage to retaining walls and retaining walls.
** (Revision) Addition of threats, risks, and defects during the use of sports facilities.
○ (Diversification of the methods of using non-member golf courses) The revision improves the current regulations of use* to allow package product sales, group use, and the hosting of competitions at non-membership golf courses (Article 7-4).
* Restricting the usage method of non-membership golf courses to either reservation order or arrival orders.