2. In regulation 2 (Interpretation) of the Working Time Regulations 1998(1), in the definition of “offshore work” after the words “a vessel” insert the following phrase—
“, including any such work performed in the territorial waters of the United Kingdom adjacent to Great Britain or in any area (except one or part of one in which the law of Northern Ireland applies) designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964(2);”
S.I. 1998/1833. The definition of offshore work was inserted by regulations 2 and 3 of the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1684).