Exemption certificates
28.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Department may, by a certificate in writing, exempt any person or class of persons, dangerous substance or class of dangerous substances, from all or any of the requirements or prohibitions imposed by these Regulations and any such exemption may be granted subject to conditions and to a limit of time and may be revoked at any time.
(2) The Department shall not grant any such exemption unless, having regard to the circumstances of the case, and in particular to—
(a)the conditions, if any, which it proposes to attach to the exemption; and
(b)any other requirements imposed by or under any statutory provision which applies to the case;
it is satisfied that the health or safety of persons who are likely to be affected by the exemption will not be prejudiced in consequence of it.