PART 4

Duties and Powers of the Competent Authority

Exemption certificates
26
1
A competent authority may, by a certificate in writing, exempt—
a
any person or class of persons; or
b
any genetically modified organism or class of genetically modified organisms,
from all or any of the requirements of, or prohibitions imposed by, these Regulations.
2
An exemption may be granted subject to conditions and to a time limit and may be revoked by a certificate in writing at any time.
3
A competent authority must not grant an exemption unless, having regard to the circumstances of the case and in particular to—
a
the conditions, if any, that it proposes to attach to the exemption; and
b
any relevant requirements imposed by or under any enactments,
it is satisfied about the matters referred to in paragraph (4).
4
The matters are—
a
that the health or safety of persons who are likely to be affected by the exemption will not be prejudiced in consequence of it; and
b
where the exemption relates to a contained use involving a micro-organism, that the environment will not be prejudiced in consequence of the exemption.