Article 2 of this Order in Council has the effect of extending the provisions of Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2008 and Part 1 of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 to workers who work, or ordinarily work, in the territorial sea of the United Kingdom or the United Kingdom sector of the continental shelf, where the employment is connected with the exploration of the sea-bed or its subsoil, or the exploitation of their natural resources.