{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-regulations-2014/regulation-81",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-regulations-2014/regulation-81.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1638",
  "legislation_title": "The Explosives Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/81",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "81",
  "heading": "Exemptions",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (4), the Executive may, by a certificate in writing, exempt any person or class of persons or any explosive or class of explosives from any requirement or prohibition imposed by these Regulations, and any such exemption may be granted subject to such conditions and to a limit of time and may be revoked by the Executive by a certificate in writing at any time.\n(2) The Executive must 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 enactment 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 and that the security of explosives will not be prejudiced.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the Secretary of State having responsibility for defence may, in the interests of national security, by a certificate in writing, exempt any person or class of persons, any headquarters or any explosive or class of explosives from all or any of the requirements or prohibitions imposed by these Regulations and any such exemption may be granted subject to conditions and to a limit of time and may be revoked by that Secretary of State by a certificate in writing at any time.\n(4) The power to exempt in paragraph (1) or (3) does not apply to regulations 8, 33, 34, 36 , 38 and Part 13 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 15 reg. 46 renumbered as Pt. 15 reg. 81 (20.4.2016) by The Explosives Regulations 2014 (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/315), regs. 1, 9(a) (with regs. 2(1), 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 15 reg. 81(4) substituted (20.4.2016) by The Explosives Regulations 2014 (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/315), regs. 1, 9(a) (with regs. 2(1), 15)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1638/regulation/81",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:12:11.455629+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."
}