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The Working Time (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2006

S.I. 2006/2389 · Made 4 September 2006

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Made 4th September 2006

Laid before Parliament 8th September 2006

Coming into force 1st October 2006

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to measures relating to the organisation of working time, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

See the European Communities (Designation) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1174).

f2

1972 c. 68.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Offshore work
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Working Time (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st October 2006.

(2)

These Regulations extend to Great Britain only.

2Offshore work

In regulation 2 (Interpretation) of the Working Time Regulations 1998f1, in the definition of “offshore work” after the words “a vessel” insert the following phrase—

“, including any such work performed in the territorial waters of the United Kingdom adjacent to Great Britain or in any area (except one or part of one in which the law of Northern Ireland applies) designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964f2;”

Signature

Margaret Hodge

Minister of State for Industry and the Regions

Department of Trade and Industry

4th September 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Working Time Regulations 1998 which implement Council Directive 2003/88/EC (OJ No.L229, 18.11.2003, p.9). They confirm for the avoidance of doubt that the definition of offshore work includes work performed in the British sector of the Continental Shelf (except in an area or part of an area of the Continental Shelf in which the law of Northern Ireland applies), as well as that performed within the territorial waters of the United Kingdom adjacent to Great Britain.