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1

Section 137 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (power to extend employment legislation) is amended as follows.

2

For subsection (2) substitute—

2

This section applies to employment for the purposes of—

a

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

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.

3

After paragraph 44 add—

Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 00)

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1

Section 287 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (offshore employment) is amended as follows.

2

For subsection (1) substitute—

1

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

a

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

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.

3

Omit subsection (5).

4

The paragraph inserted by sub-paragraph (3) above is subject to section 38(2) of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (power to bring provisions into force by order).