Exemption certificates12

1

Subject to paragraph (2), the Health and Safety Executive may, by a certificate in writing, exempt any person or class of person or any dangerous goods or class of dangerous goods from all or any of the requirements or prohibitions imposed by or under 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 Executive 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 requirements imposed by or under any enactments which apply 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 by it.