1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Race Relations (Offshore Employment) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st November 1987.

(2) In this Order:—

“the 1976 Act” means the Race Relations Act 1976;

“the Frigg Gas Field” means the naturally occurring gas-bearing sand formations of the lower Eocene age located in the vicinity of the intersection of the line of latitude 59° 53' North and of the dividing line between the sectors of the Continental Shelf of the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Norway and includes all other gas-bearing strata from which gas at the start of production is capable of flowing into the above-mentioned gas-bearing sand formations;

“oversea company” has the same meaning as in section 744 of the Companies Act 1985(1)(b).