# The Employment Relations (Offshore Employment) Order 2000, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order in Council has the effect of applying certain provisions of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, and the Employment Rights Act 1996, relating to trade union recognition and industrial action, to employment for the purposes of activities in the territorial waters of the United Kingdom and specified areas of the Continental Shelf.
The Order has no application in respect of ships in navigation, or engaged in fishing or dredging.
The Order will come into force on 14th August 2000.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1828/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-offshore-employment-order-2000/note
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