Regulation · Other
South Korea Autonomous Vehicle Commercialization Act (Act No. 16421)
South Korea's Act on the Promotion of and Support for Commercialization of Autonomous Vehicles (Act No. 16421), administered by MOLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport), enacted 30 April 2019 and effective 1 May 2020. It designates self-driving sections of public roads and autonomous-driving testing/demonstration districts with regulatory exemptions, sets minimum-insurance rules, and underpins MOLIT temporary operation permits (e.g. Hyundai RoboRide in Gangnam, Seoul). Vehicle-class-general; supports passenger AVs, buses, and freight (the highway pilot has expanded across dozens of routes).
Jurisdiction: South Korea · Effective 2020-05-01
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /regulations/korea-av-commercialization-act.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/regulations/a590d7ef-3ca4-4f47-b8a3-a0ca595acba6
- Data documentation: /data
Sources (5)
- https://elaw.klri.re.kr/eng_mobile/viewer.do?hseq=53143&type=sogan&key=4
- https://www.kimchang.com/en/insights/detail.kc?sch_section=4&idx=21565
- https://www.ibanet.org/article/19FCDD11-A0B1-41F1-97AB-F32E144311F8
- https://www.hyundainews.com/en-us/releases/3576
- https://cnmra.com/south-korea-expands-autonomous-vehicle-highway-pilot-to-44-routes/
Status history
- In effect · 2020-05-01 · editor:DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 5c-2 Asia regs)
Korea Autonomous Vehicle Commercialization Act (No. 16421) enacted Apr 30, 2019, effective May 1, 2020; MOLIT-administered.
Canonical ID a590d7ef-3ca4-4f47-b8a3-a0ca595acba6