Regulations governing the safety and supervision of watercourse structures (No. 1271 of 2000).

These Regulations provides rules with respect to planning, construction and operation of watercourse structures so as to ensure that watercourse structures are adequately safe for people, the environment and property. “Watercourse structures” includes dams, waterways, diversion works, sluice systems and tunnels, shafts, pipes, channels and other systems that conduct water in connection with watercourse structures.
The Regulations are administered by the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE). All watercourse structures that are covered by these Regulations shall be classified by the NVE in classes which reflect the impact that a possible failure may have. The Regulations provide for internal control, require contingency and monitoring plans to be drawn up for each watercourse structure and lay down precise requirements regarding the planning and construction of watercourse structures.