These Regulations contain functional requirements for the safe operation of a maritime electrical installation.
The text of the Regulations, which is legally binding, must be read in the context of the guide and the standards mentioned in section 5 of the Regulations. There may be ways of meeting the legal functional requirements of the Regulations other than those stated in the standards. However, if the guide and the standards are used, the legal requirements of the Regulations will be presumed met.
The document in annex II is to consider as a supplement to the IEC 60092-serie, and may be used to meet the requirements in the Regulations Relating to Maritime Electrical Installations. The text of this annex is aguide and thus not legally binding.
Enterprises to which the provisions of these Regulations apply, are required to have a system of internal control that ensures compliance with the requirements in the Regulations, cf. Regulations relating to Systematic Health, Environmental and Safety Activities in Enterprises (Internal Control Regulations) laid down by Royal Decree of 6 December 1996.
These Regulations implement Council Directive 97/70/EC setting up a harmonised safety regime for fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and over, cf. Annex XIII of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, Council Directive 98/18/EC on safety rules and standards for passenger ships, cf. Annex XIII, subsection 56f, of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to recreational craft, cf. Annex II of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
The supervision of maritime electrical installations is regulated through a separate agreement with the Norwegian Maritime Directorate. The supervision of offshore installations is similarly regulated in an agreement with the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.