(1) Any reference in this Act to insurable (occupational injuries) employment shall, subject to subsections (2) to (11), be read as a reference to any employment for the time being specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1, not being an employment specified in Part 2 of that Schedule.

(2)

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following employments shall be taken as being added to the employments specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 -

(i) employment in the State in plying for hire with any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, machine or animal, the use of which is obtained under any contract of bailment (other than a hire purchase agreement) in consideration of the payment of a fixed sum or a share in the earnings or otherwise,

(ii) employment under any contract of service or apprenticeship entered into in the State (otherwise than as captain, master or a member of the crew) on board a ship or aircraft, being employment for the purpose of the ship or aircraft or of any passengers or cargo or mails carried by the ship or aircraft, and

(iii) employment in the State as a member or as a person training to become a member of any fire brigade, rescue brigade, first-aid party or salvage party at a factory, mine or works, that may be prescribed, or of any similar organisation that may be prescribed.