42 Power to apply Act to offshore employment
National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (1998 c 39) | Legislation

42  Power to apply Act to offshore employment

(1)     In this section “offshore employment” means employment for the purposes of activities—

(a)     in the territorial waters of the United Kingdom, or

(b)     connected with the exploration of the sea-bed or subsoil, or the exploitation of their natural resources, in the United Kingdom sector of the continental shelf, or

(c)     connected with the exploration or exploitation, in a foreign sector of the continental shelf, of a cross-boundary petroleum field.

(2)     Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide that the provisions of this Act apply, to such extent and for such purposes as may be specified in the Order (with or without modification), to or

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