Exemptions
9.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may, by a certificate in writing, exempt any quarry, part of a quarry or class of quarries, any person or class of persons or any operation or class of operations from all or any of the prohibitions and requirements of 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 by a further certificate in writing.
(2) The Secretary of State 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 he proposes to attach to the exemption; and
(b)any other requirements imposed by or under any enactment which apply to the case,
he 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 and that the security of explosives or detonators will not be so prejudiced.