Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. Consequential amendments

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

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

“ The Employment Rights Act 1996

46 (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).