Laws and regulations affecting recreational boats
A number of laws and regulations affect owners of leisure boats. You can find the most important ones here.
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Laws
- Act relating to recreational and small boats (Small Boats Act)
- The Act on Control of Products and Consumer Services (Product Control Act)
- The Act on the Free Exchange of Goods in the EEA (EEA Goods Act)
Regulations
- Manufacturing and the placing on the market of recreational craft and personal watercraft.
- Environmental safety for ships and mobile offshore units
- Obligation to notify and report marine accidents and other incidents at sea
- Pollution Regulations (excerpts)
- Safety precautions for gasfired installations, etc. operating on propane or other liquefied hydrocarbon gases used on board vessels
- Regulations on exemptions from the requirement for the use of flotation equipment on recreational boats
- Regulations on flotation equipment on board recreational craft
- Regulations relating to systematic health, safety and environment work in enterprises (Internal Control Regulations)
- Vessels of less than 24 metres carrying 12 passengers or less.
- Requirements for minimum age and boating licence, etc. for masters of recreational craft
- Qualifications and certificates for seafarers
- Regulations on Maritime Electrical Installations
Guides
Guidance related to the vest mandate
Rules of the Road at Sea - Rule 44