Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Employment Protection (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 1981 and shall come into operation on 31st March 1981.

In this Order:

• “the Frigg Gas Field” means the naturally occurring gas-bearing sand formations of the lower Eocene age located in the vicinity of the intersection of the line of latitude 59° 53&min; North and of the dividing line between the sectors of the Continental Shelf of the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Norway and includes all other gas-bearing strata from which gas at the start of production is capable of flowing into the above-mentioned gas-bearing sand formations;

• “oversea company” has the same meaning as in section 406 of the Companies Act 1948;

• “the principal Order” means the Employment Protection (Offshore Employment) Order 1976^f1