Regulation 23 Exemption certificates

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), the Health and Safety Executive may, by a certificate in writing, exempt any person from any requirement or prohibition imposed upon him by these Regulations and any such exemption may be granted subject to conditions and to a limit of time and may be revoked by the Executive 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)

any conditions which it proposes to attach to the exemption; and

(b)

any other requirements imposed by or under any enactments which apply to the case,

it is satisfied that neither the health or safety of persons who are likely to be affected by the exemption nor the security of dangerous goods will be prejudiced in consequence of it.

(3)

The Secretary of State for Defence may, in the interests of national security, by a certificate in writing exempt any person from and requirement or prohibition imposed upon him by these Regulations insofar as that person is engaged in the carriage of any military explosive and any such exemption may be granted subject to conditions and to a limit of time and may be revoked by the said Secretary of State at any time by a further certificate in writing.