(1) In this article the expression "designated area" has the meaning assigned to it in section 1 of the Continental Shelf Act, 1968.

(2) Employment in a designated area on or about any drillship, rig, platform, or similar installation in the exploration of the seabed or subsoil or in the exploitation of their natural resources or the operation of a pipe line or cable for the transport of transmission of energy or energy products (whether derived from resources aforesaid or not) being a pipeline or cable situate in a designated area which would, if such employment were in the State, be insurable employment or insurable (occupational injuries) employment for the purposes of the Principal Act shall, notwithstanding that such employment is not in the State, be treated as insurable employment or insurable (occupational injuries) employment, as the case may be, for those purposes.

(3) Section 52(3) shall not apply as respects an employment to which sub-article 2 applies.