(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may provide any of the following persons with a subsidy necessary to improve the quality and safety of hazardous or dangerous machinery, etc. or his or her design and construction capabilities, etc. within the budget:
1. A person who manufactures a product deemed to require support to improve the safety of any of the following items:a. Machinery, etc. subject to safety certification;b. Machinery, etc. subject to voluntary safety verification;c. Any other hazardous or dangerous machinery, etc. causing frequent industrial accidents;
2. A person who designs and constructs facilities for improving a working environment.
(2) Any person who intends to receive a subsidy referred to in paragraph (1) shall be registered with the Minister of Employment and Labor after meeting the requirements for human resources, facilities, equipment, etc. prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
(3) Where a person registered pursuant to paragraph (2) falls under any of the following, the Minister of Employment and Labor may revoke registration or restrict provision of subsidies prescribed in paragraph (1) for up to one year; provided, in cases falling under subparagraph 1, the registration shall be revoked:
1. Where he or she has been registered by fraud or other improper means;
2. Where he or she ceases to meet the registration requirements prescribed in paragraph (2);
3. Where his or her safety certification is revoked pursuant to Article 86(1)1.
(4) Where a person who has received a subsidy pursuant to paragraph (1) falls under any of the following, the Minister of Employment and Labor shall recover the amount of the subsidy or the amount equivalent thereto. In such cases, in cases falling under subparagraph 1, an amount not exceeding the amount equivalent to a subsidy may be collected additionally:
1. Where he or she has received a subsidy by fraud or other improper means;
2. Where he or she has used a subsidy for any purpose other than the purpose of subsidization prescribed in paragraph (1);
3. Where his or her registration has been revoked for falling under paragraph (3)1.
(5) The Minister of Employment and Labor may ban a person whose registration is revoked under paragraph (3) from being registered under paragraph (2) for a specified period not exceeding two years from the date of such revocation.
(6) The details of subsidies prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (5); the procedures for registration, revoking registration, and recovering subsidies; the criteria for restricting registration; and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.