Tort and Regulatory Law in Norway

Abstract

The impact of administrative law rules on tort law in Norway is substantial. Firstly, some of the Acts of administrative law comprise rules of strict liability to ensure that the safety regulations elsewhere in the Act are followed. Such Acts are, for example, Forurensningsloven 13 March 1981 no. 6 (the Norwegian Act on Pollution, forurl.) and Tivoliloven 7 June 1991 no. 24 (the Norwegian Act on Funfairs, tivolil.). In these areas the statutory provisions regulate the question of torts and compensation. Secondly, the administrative rules will have great importance when deciding whether or not an actor has acted in a faulty manner. The administrative law rules will often describe standard procedures, especially when it comes to safety regulations. This kind of description will often be applied by the judges as a sort of guideline when they are deciding whether the alleged tortfeasor acted in a faulty manner.