(1) A business owner (including a person who engages in business without employing employees; hereafter in this Article, and Articles 94,95, and 98, the same shall apply) who uses hazardous or dangerous machinery, apparatus, or equipment prescribed by Presidential Decree (hereinafter referred to as "machinery, etc. subject to safety inspection") shall undergo an inspection (hereinafter referred to as "safety inspection") conducted by the Minister of Employment and Labor as to whether the safety-related performance of machinery, etc. subject to safety inspection meets the inspection standards determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Employment and Labor. In such cases, where the business owner who uses the machinery, etc. subject to safety inspection is not the owner of the relevant machinery, etc., the owner shall undergo the safety inspection.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in cases prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, including where machinery, etc. subject to safety inspection have already undergone a safety inspection or obtained safety certification pursuant to other statutes or regulations, a safety inspection may be exempt.
(3) The application for and frequency of a safety inspection, the methods for indicating the passing of an inspection, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor. In such cases, the inspection frequency shall be determined in consideration of the type, service of life, and dangers of machinery, etc. subject to safety inspection.