The Employment Protection (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 1981

Modification of principal Order

3.  In its application to any employment wholly or mainly for the purpose of any activities connected with the Frigg Gas Field (whether or not that employment wholly or mainly takes place in the foreign sector of the continental shelf) the principal Order shall be modified as follows:—

(a)the employment to which it applies is employment within Article 2 of the said Order and in respect of which the employer is:

(i)a company registered under the Companies Acts 1948 to 1980(1)

(ii)an oversea company which has established a place of business within Great Britain from which it directs the offshore operations in question, or

(iii)any other person who has a place of business within Great Britain from which he directs the offshore operations in question.

(b)the references in Article 7 to the date on which the principal Order comes into operation shall be construed as references to the date on which this Order comes into operation.