26.—(1) Parts II and III do not apply to employment where under his contract the person employed ordinarily works outside Northern Ireland.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) a person employed to work on board a ship registered in the United Kingdom (not being a ship registered at a port outside Northern Ireland) shall, unless—
(a)the employment is wholly outside Northern Ireland, or
(b)he is not ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland, be regarded as a person who under his contract ordinarily works in Northern Ireland.
(3) parts II and III do not, however, apply to a person employed under a crew agreement within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping Act[1970 c. 36] 1970.
27.—(1) The statutory provisions set out in Schedule 4 shall have effect subject to the minor and consequential amendments there specified.
(2) The statutory provisions set out in Schedule 5 are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
(3) The transitional provisions and savings contained in Schedule 6 shall have effect; but nothing in that Schedule shall be taken as prejudicing the operation of sections 28 and 29 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland)[1954 c. 33 (N.I.)] 1954 (which relate to repeals).