47Exemptions on application

47 Exemptions on application

(1)  A person may apply to the Director for an exemption from the requirements of one or more provisions of these regulations.

(2)  An application under subregulation (1) must be –

(a) in the approved form; and

(b) accompanied by a fee of 200 fee units.

(3)  The Director may, by notice to a person who makes an application under subregulation (1) , require the person to pay a fee calculated at 75 fee units for each hour, or part of an hour, spent by the Director, or a person nominated by the Director, in assessing the application.

(4)  A person required under subregulation (3) to pay a fee is to pay the fee –

(a) within 30 days after an invoice for the fee is issued; or

(b) within a later period, after an invoice is issued, specified by the Director in a written notice to the person.

(5)  The Director may, on his or her own initiative, waive the fee required under subregulation (2)(b) .

(6)  The Director may, in writing –

(a) require a person to provide to the Director further information about any matter in relation to an application by the person under subregulation (1) ; and

(b) refuse to grant the application unless the person provides the information as required.

(7)  The Director may, after receiving an application under subregulation (1) from a person, exempt, or refuse to exempt, the person from the requirements of a provision of these regulations.

(8)  An exemption under subregulation (7) may be granted unconditionally or subject to any condition that the Director considers appropriate.

(9)  A person exempted under subregulation (7) from the requirements of a provision of these regulations must comply with the conditions, if any, of the exemption.