{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-and-wells-design-and-construction-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-and-wells-design-and-construction-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/228",
  "legislation_title": "Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-and-wells-design-and-construction-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Certificates of exemption",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and to any of the provisions imposed by the Communities in respect of the encouragement of improvements in the safety and health of workers at work, the Department may, by a certificate in writing, exempt any person, installation, well or class of persons, installations or wells from any requirement or prohibition imposed by these Regulations and any such exemption may be granted subject to conditions and with or without limit of time and may be revoked by a certificate in writing at any time.\n(2) The Department 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 statutory provisions 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": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 23 in operation at 21.7.1996, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1999/150",
      "affecting_title": "Health and Safety (Modifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2020/330",
      "affecting_title": "The Health and Safety (Amendments and Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020"
    },
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/228",
      "affecting_title": "Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2016/406",
      "affecting_title": "The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2020/330",
      "affecting_title": "The Health and Safety (Amendments and Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/228/regulation/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-14T03:32:24.476906+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."
}