Working Time (Amendment No 2) Regulations 2006 come into force

Implementation date: 1 October 2006

The Regulations amend the Working Time Regulations 1998 to confirm 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. The Regulations can be viewed on the OPSI website.