{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-safety-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-safety-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/237",
  "legislation_title": "THE RAILWAYS (SAFETY MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-safety-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Exemptions",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) the Department may, by a certificate in writing, exempt any person or class of persons, any railway or part of any railway from any requirement or prohibition imposed by these Regulations.\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 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.\n(3) Any such exemption may be granted pursuant to paragraph (1) subject to conditions and with or without limit of time and may be revoked by a certificate in writing at any time.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 26 in operation at 30.6.2006, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/237/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:46:35.059486+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."
}