Certificates of exemptionU.K.
17.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2)—
(a)the Executive; and
(b)in relation to activities covered by regulation 3 of the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority for Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 2006, the ORR,
may exempt any person or class of persons from any requirement of these Regulations by a certificate in writing, and any such exemption may be granted subject to conditions and with or without limit of time and may be revoked by a certificate in writing at any time.
(2) Such an exemption may not be granted by the Executive or the ORR 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 relevant enactments,
it is satisfied that the health and safety of persons who are likely to be affected by the exemption will not be prejudiced in consequence of it.