http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2821/regulation/9The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations 2002Employment terms and conditionsEmployment regulationsAdoption rightsLegislationTERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENTStatute Law Database2024-07-15Expert Participation2020-12-31 This instrument contains only regulations made by virtue of sections 2 and 4 of the Employment Act 2002, which come into force on 8th December 2002. The instrument is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions. The regulations in it are therefore exempted by section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 from the requirement under section 172 of that Act to refer the proposals to make the regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee and they are made without reference to the Committee. 91In this regulation—“designated area” means any area which may from time to time be designated by Order in Council under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 as an area within which the rights of the United Kingdom with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources may be exercised;“prescribed employment” means any employment (whether under a contract of service or not) in a designated area in connection with continental shelf operations, as defined in section 120(2) of the Act.2A person in prescribed employment shall be treated as an employee for the purposes of Parts 12ZA and 12ZB of the Act notwithstanding that he may not be employed in Great Britain. 1964 c. 29. Reg. 9 in force at 8.12.2002, see reg. 1(1)