Aids to Navigation Act Article 4

Municipal governments, county (city) governments, port management agencies (institutions), legal entities, and the government authorities in charge of the relevant industries may establish the necessary aids to navigation and shall be responsible for their maintenance and management, after obtaining approval from the shipping administration authority; any change or removal of the aids is subject to the same approval requirement unless otherwise stipulated by other laws. In such circumstances, the establishment, maintenance, management, change or removal shall be subject to the special provisions of other laws and be filed with the shipping administration authority for its records.After obtaining approval from the shipping administration authority, the installer of the marine facilities shall specify a safety area that surrounds the marine facilities to establish the aids to navigation, and take appropriate measures to ensure the safety of navigation and the marine facilities.For navigational safety, the shipping administration authority may require the entities or institutions, as set forth in the preceding two paragraphs, to establish, maintain or manage the aids to navigation in the waters or fairways.The shipping administration authority may request the installer, maintainer or manager to remedy, change or remove the aids to navigation within a given period of time if it finds they are not appropriate, safe or necessary.The technical specifications regarding the establishment, appearance and characteristics of the aids to navigation shall be prescribed by the competent authority on the basis of the recommended guidelines of international organizations.