Marine Pollution Control Act Article 17

Industry competent authorities shall inspect all kinds of marine facilities, fishery facilities and other artificial structures that are permitted to be put in place, laid or deployed within the areas prescribed in Paragraph 1, Article 2, and shall require the formulation and implementation of decommissioning plans.The industry competent authority may order improvement within a certain time limit for those who fail to implement the decommissioning plan in accordance with the preceding paragraph upon the expiry of the permit or for those who engage in the acts of the preceding paragraph without permission. If the improvement is not effected by the end of the period, the facilities or artificial structures shall be considered marine litter and may be cleaned up and disposed of on behalf of the owner at the owner's expense.If the owner as described in the preceding paragraph is unknown or cannot be notified, the improvement order, clean-up and disposal shall be carried out by public notice.