(1) A person who manufactures or imports any hazardous or dangerous machinery, etc. prescribed by Presidential Decree, other than machinery, etc. subject to safety certification (hereinafter referred to as "machinery, etc. subject to voluntary safety verification"), shall verify (hereinafter referred to as "voluntary safety verification") whether the safety-related performance of the machinery, etc. subject to voluntary safety verification meet the safety standards determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Employment and Labor (hereinafter referred to as "voluntary safety standards") and report (including cases of amending any reported matters) such machinery, etc. to the Minister of Employment and Labor; provided, such report may be exempted in any of the following cases:
1. Where such hazardous or dangerous machinery, etc. are manufactured or imported for research and development, or manufactured for exportation;
2. Where safety certification referred to in Article 84(3) is granted (excluding where safety certification is revoked or an order prohibiting the use of a safety certification mark is issued under Article 86(1));
3. In cases prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, where a safety inspection is conducted or safety certification is granted under other statutes or regulations.
(2) Where the Minister of Employment and Labor receives a report referred to in the main clause, with the exception of the subparagraphs, of paragraph (1), he or she shall review the details thereof and accept it if it complies with this Act.
(3) A person who has reported under the main clause, with the exception of the subparagraphs, of paragraph (1), shall retain documents verifying that the machinery, etc. subject to voluntary safety verification meet the voluntary safety standards.
(4) The procedures and methods for making a report referred to in the main clause, with the exception of the subparagraphs, of paragraph (1) and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.