2. Reason for proposal and main contents

In order to ensure the safe management, and rationalize the regulation, of high-rise buildings, which have become increasingly diverse in terms of their scale and form, the Special Act on Management of Disasters in Super High-Rise Buildings and Complex Buildings with Underground Connections has been revised (Law No. 20274; promulgated on February 13, 2024; implemented on February 14, 2025) to improve the system of advance review consultation on the impact of disasters into the “advance disaster impact assessment system” so as to provide the statutory grounds for designating a representative of the general disaster manager, the general disaster manager's request for action against the management entity of high-rise buildings, and the fire chief's ordering of actions, etc. The proposed revision is designed to provide the matters necessary for the enforcement of the matters delegated by the Act, including the provision of the specific scope of those buildings to be recognized as 'complex buildings with underground connections' and the procedure for the advance disaster impact assessment. 

It also designed to improve or correct the deficiencies revealed in operating the current systems in order to better regulate high-rise buildings, including the provision of rational standards for installing evacuation safety zones, while also aligning the criteria for calculating the number of people to accommodate under the Building Act with those under the Act on Installation and Management of Firefighting Systems.