These regulations are also applied to existing facilities and onshore facilities. Existing facilities and onshore facilities means facilities whose Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) of petroleum deposits is approved in accordance with
Section 4-2 of the Petroleum Act or special permission is granted based on the Plan for Installation and Operation (PIO) of facilities for transport and for utilisation of petroleum in accordance with
Section 4-3 of the Petroleum Act, or facilities and onshore facilities that have been granted permission to operate before these regulations entered into force, or facilities where an Acknowledgement of Compliance has been issued.
The supplementary regulations also apply for existing facilities and onshore facilities, with the following exception: In the supplementary
Technical and Operational Regulations and the
Facilities Regulations, it is possible, in the health, safety and working environment area, for existing facilities and onshore facilities to use the regulations that were in force as a basis until the entry into force of the new regulations, cf. Section 70, second subsection, of the Technical and Operational Regulations and
Section 82, No. 2, of the Facilities Regulations
with Guidelines. The technical requirements in regulations that were in force until the
Technical and Operational Regulations and
Facilities Regulations entered into force, can still be used as a basis. However, in the event of major rebuilding and modifications to existing facilities, the
Technical and Operational Regulations and the
Facilities Regulations will apply for what is comprised by the modification.