# The Employment Protection (Offshore Employment) Order 1976, Article 2: Application of Order


(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, this Order applies to employment for the purposes of any of the following activities that is to say—
(a) any activities (other than activities connected with a ship which is in the course of navigation or is a survey ship or is engaged in dredging or fishing) in the territorial waters;
(b) any activities connected with the exploration of the sea bed or subsoil or the exploitation of their natural resources in any designated area (other than an area or part of an area in which the law of Northern Ireland applies) being activities carried out on or from an offshore installation in any such designated area.
(2) This Order does not apply to any employment wholly or mainly for the purpose of any activities connected with the Frigg Field Reservoir or the Ekofisk Field.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/766/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-offshore-employment-order-1976/article-2
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