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This Order brings sections 22 and 23 of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982, which make provision for the application of the criminal and civil law of the United Kingdom in relation to certain offshore activities, into force on 1st February 1988. The Order also brings into force on the same day section 27(1)(a) of the Act (prosecution of offences to which section 22 applies) together with further provisions of Schedules 3 and 4.