Regulation 17 Power to grant exemptionsI1
England, Wales and Scotland
Subject to paragraph (2), the Executive may, by a certificate in writing, exempt any person or class of persons or any type or class of pressure system from the application of 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 a certificate in writing at any time.
The Executive shall not grant any such exemption unless, having regard to the circumstances, and in particular to–
the conditions, if any, which it proposes to attach to the exemption; and
any other requirement imposed by or under any enactment which apply to the case,
it is satisfied that the health and safety or persons who are likely to be affected by the exemption will not be prejudiced in consequence of it.