5 The International Ship Register (NIS)
The NIS Act of 1987 has no rules on ship registration, but (in particular) Section 9 empowers the King (who has delegated his authority to the Ministry) to impose rules in the form of a Regulation. Such rules on ship registration are now in Regulation 592/1992 (which has been amended a number of times).
The main rule in our context is Section 5 paragraph one, defining the Register:
“The Ship Register is a register for ships and rights in ships, cf. the Maritime Code Sections 13 and 20. The Register can be established electronically.”
The registration procedure and the effects of registration are, basically, in conformity with the rules for NOR, see Section 2 first sentence:
“The rules in the Maritime Code, hereunder the rules on registration of ships, are applicable for ships in the Norwegian International Ship Register unless otherwise stated.”
The second sentence lists a number of exceptions that are of minor interest from our perspective. We can summarise in this way: The general reference to MC 2023 entails the 2023 amendments having an effect on NIS-registration.