SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Consequential amendments

The Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c.23)

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1

In Schedule 3 to the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982, after paragraph 45 add—

46 The Employment Rights Act 1996

1

For subsection (1) of section 201 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (offshore employment) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

1

In this section “offshore employment” means employment for the purposes of—

a

any activities in the territorial waters of the United Kingdom, or

b

any such activities as are mentioned in section 23(2) of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 in waters within subsection (6)(b) or (c) of that section.

2

Subsection (5) of that section shall be omitted.

2

The paragraph inserted by sub-paragraph (1) is subject to section 38(2) of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (power to bring provisions into force by order).