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Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and the Creation of a Foundation for Trust — Article 39 (Delegation of authority and entrustment of tasks)

인공지능 발전과 신뢰 기반 조성 등에 관한 기본법 제39조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2026-01-22. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-07-21) — check the Korean original.

(1) The Minister of Science and ICT or the head of a relevant central administrative agency may delegate part of the authority under this Act to the head of an agency under his or her jurisdiction or the Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayer, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Do Governor, or a Special Self-Governing Province Governor (hereinafter referred to as the "Mayor/Do Governor" in this Article) as prescribed by Presidential Decree. In this case, the Mayor/Do Governor may redelegate a part of the delegated authority to the head of a Si (including the head of an administrative Si under Article 11 (2) of the Special Act on the Establishment of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and the Development of Free International Free City)/Gun/Gu (the head of a Gu refers to the head of an autonomous Gu).

(2) The Government may entrust the following tasks to a relevant institution or organization as prescribed by Presidential Decree:

1. Supporting projects related to the development and utilization of artificial intelligence technology under Article 13;

2. Selecting and supporting target projects regarding the production, collection, management, distribution, and utilization of learning data and promoting learning data construction projects under Article 15 (2) and (3);

3. Establishing, operating, and managing the integrated provision system;

4. Other matters deemed necessary by the Minister of Science and ICT for activating business start-up under Article 18;

5. Support related to verification and certification under Article 30 (2);

6. Compilation of fact-finding surveys, statistics, and indicators under Article 38;

7. Other tasks prescribed by Presidential Decree for the fostering of the artificial intelligence industry and the dissemination of artificial intelligence ethics.

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