[Background]

A necessity exists to improve the institutional safety and hygiene standards for sports facilities to prevent safety accidents during their use, considering incidents such as heavy snow damage to sports facilities and user accidents in screen golf facilities.

-Considering institutional improvement requests from the Ministry of Interior and Safety and the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission regarding safety accidents, government intervention is required to strengthen regulations for enhancing user safety in sports facilities.

-(Golf Driving Ranges)

*Damage occurred across 69 facilities (6 public, 63 private) in 20 cities/counties in Gyeonggi Province (Ministry of Interior and Safety).

*Over 50 golf driving ranges suspended operations, 2 closed down, and casualties occurred (Golf Driving Range Association).

[Main Points]

Improvement of Safety and Hygiene Standards for Sports Facilities and Individual Sports Disciplines.

(Strengthening Snow-Resistance Standards for Sports Facilities) When installing facility attachments such as netting at outdoor golf driving ranges, installation must take into consideration the potential impact of snow load.