Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 2389
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
The Working Time (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2006
Made
4th September 2006
Laid before Parliament
8th September 2006
Coming into force
1st October 2006
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Working Time (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1 st October 2006.
(2) These Regulations extend to Great Britain only.
Offshore work
2. In regulation 2 (Interpretation) of the Working Time Regulations 1998( 3 ), 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 ( 4 ) ; ”
Margaret Hodge
Minister of State for Industry and the Regions
Department of Trade and Industry
4th September 2006
See the European Communities (Designation) Order 1997 ( S.I. 1997/1174 ).
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 ).