The Law of Ships Article 30-1

The owner of the following ships or the organization responsible for its safe operation and pollution prevention management shall establish a safe operation and pollution prevention management system from the effective date and obtain the Certificate of Verification issued by the shipping administration authority.1. Passenger ship with a gross tonnage of 100 and above or with a certified number of passengers of more than 150 persons2. Cargo ship with a gross tonnage of more than 500.3. Other ships that are subject to the announcement by the competent authority.The effective date for ships referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be one year from the date of the amendment of the provisions on November 6,2018 however, for ships specified in the third paragraph, the effective date shall be the following year announced by the competent authority.The rules of the matters regarding content, verification, exemption and equivalent of the safety operation and pollution prevention management system, application, issuance, reissue, replacement, annulment, cancellation or withdrawal, verification fee, collection of certificate fee, validity period of the certificate and others shall be determined by the competent authority.If the ship has the certificate of the International Safety Management (ISM) code issued by the recognized organization delegated by the competent authority, it shall be deemed to have verified the rules set out in the preceding paragraph, and the relevant certificates will not be reissued.