{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-health-safety-and-welfare-regulations-1996/regulation-31",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1592",
  "legislation_title": "The Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-health-safety-and-welfare-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Exemption certificates",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Executive may, by a certificate in writing, exempt—\n(a) any person or class of person;\n(b) any premises or class of premises; or\n(c) any plant and equipment,\nfrom any requirement or prohibition imposed by 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 certificate in writing.\n(2) The Executive shall not grant any such exemption unless, having regard to the circumstances of the case and in particular to—\n(a) the conditions, if any, which it proposes to attach to the exemption; and\n(b) any other requirements imposed by or under any enactments which apply to the case,\nit 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1592/regulation/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:41:26.063983+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}