Factory Management and Counseling Act Article 3

The term “factory”, as used herein, refers to a fixed place engaged in the manufacturing or processing of goods, where the area of the facilities thereof reaches a certain threshold, or where the production equipment reaches a certain threshold in term of power capacity or thermal energy.The criteria for defining the scope of the manufacturing or processing of goods, and the thresholds for the area and power capacity or thermal energy, as referred to in the preceding paragraph, shall be announced by the central competent authority.A business that has a fixed place for the manufacturing or processing of goods but does not meet the definition of factory specified in the preceding paragraph may still apply for a factory establishment permit or registration pursuant to this Act. Upon approval of the competent authority, such fixed place shall be regulated as a factory in accordance with this Act.Where the definition of factory hereunder is altered due to amendment of the criteria set forth in the second paragraph of this Article, the central competent authority shall, in such criteria, specify the deadline for application of a permit or registration for the businesses with a facility that did not meet the definition of a factory in the past but now does. As to the businesses whose facilities no longer meet the definition of a factory, the method for dealing with the factory registrations thereof shall be set forth in said criteria.