{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-continental-shelf-act-1978/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-continental-shelf-act-1978/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/46",
  "legislation_title": "Employment (Continental Shelf) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-continental-shelf-act-1978",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Powers to apply employment legislation.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) In relation to employment concerned with the exploration or exploitation of a cross-boundary petroleum field, the powers to make Orders in Council under—\n(a) section 10(5) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, and\n(b) section 8(5) of the Race Relations Act 1976,\nin respect of designated areas shall be exercisable also in respect of foreign sectors of the continental shelf.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(1) repealed (16. 10. 1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1975 c. 65."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1976 c. 74."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/46/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:21:38.804608+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}