First-ever outside expert joins regulatory review council, marking turning point for forestry legal services
The Korea Forest Service is launching a sweeping effort to revise forestry regulations that have been prone to disputes due to ambiguous language.
The agency said Wednesday it held a regulatory review council meeting at the Government Daejeon Complex to conduct a thorough examination of proposed amendments to forestry-related laws.
The council brings together members responsible for forestry legislation to discuss newly drafted amendment proposals in depth, covering the necessity of the legislation, its legal appropriateness and consistency, and the clarity of its language.
Particularly notable at this session was the first-ever participation of an outside expert — a former legislative counsel from the Ministry of Government Legislation — who reviewed all proposed amendments under the Korea Forest Service's jurisdiction.
The agency plans to make outside expert participation a permanent fixture, aiming to raise the rigor, clarity and overall quality of its proposed amendments and mark a turning point in forestry legal services.
The Korea Forest Service said the credibility of forest policy ultimately rests on precise laws and systems. It pledged to keep refining each regulation in line with evolving policy demands while steadily strengthening its legislative capacity to ensure policies are effectively carried out in the field.
"The Korea Forest Service has carefully reviewed proposed legislation through its own regulatory review council, and we will further strengthen the expertise and objectivity of proposed amendments to provide high-quality legal services that meet the expectations of forestry workers and the public," Commissioner Park Eun-sik said.
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