97Exemptions from insurance requirements

97 Exemptions from insurance requirements

97 Exemptions from insurance requirements

(1) A person may apply to the Authority to be exempted from the operation of a provision of section 96 in a particular case.

(1A) A person may apply to the Authority to be exempted from the operation of any other provision of this Part, but only if—

(a) the person is, or is a member of a class of persons who are, prescribed as entitled to apply for the exemption, or

(b) circumstances prescribed by the regulations as entitling the making of an application apply to the person.

(2) The Authority may, by notice in writing, grant an exemption under this section, either unconditionally or subject to conditions, if satisfied that—

(a) there are exceptional circumstances, or

(b) full compliance is impossible or would cause undue hardship.

(3) An exemption under this section operates to exempt the person from the operation of the provision concerned, subject to compliance with any conditions of the exemption.

s 97: Subst 1996 No 122, Sch 4 [3]. Am 1999 No 26, Sch 1 [15]–[18]; 2009 No 61, Sch 2 [59]; 2014 No 24, Sch 1 [92]; 2017 No 28, Sch 1 [19].