# The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, Regulation 6: Exemption certificates

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The Secretary of State for Defence may, in the interests of national security, by a certificate in writing exempt—
(a) any of the home forces, any visiting force or any headquarters from any requirement imposed by regulation 4 of these Regulations; or
(b) any member of the home forces, any member of a visiting force or any member of a headquarters from the requirement imposed by regulation 5 of these Regulations;
and any exemption such as is specified in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of this paragraph may be granted subject to conditions and to a limit of time and may be revoked by the said Secretary of State by a further certificate in writing at any time.
(2) In this regulation—
(a) “the home forces” has the same meaning as in section 12(1) of the Visiting Forces Act 1952;
(b) “headquarters” has the same meaning as in article 3(2) of the Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) Order 1965;
(c) “member of a headquarters” has the same meaning as in paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule to the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964; and
(d) “visiting force” has the same meaning as it does for the purposes of any provision of Part I of the Visiting Forces Act 1952.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2793/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/manual-handling-operations-regulations-1992/regulation-6
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