1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Employment Relations (Offshore Employment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 14th August 2000.
(2) In this Order—
“the 1992 Act” means the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992;
“the 1996 Act” means the Employment Rights Act 1996;
“oversea company” has the same meaning as in section 744 of the Companies Act 1985(1);
“the English area” and “the Scottish area” have the same meanings respectively as in the Civil Jurisdiction (Offshore Activities) Order 1987(2), and references to the part of the UK sector of the Continental shelf to which the law of Northen Ireland applies are references to the Northern Irish Area as defined in that Order.
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