18Making of exemptions

18 Making of exemptions

(1) The Minister may declare that a specified person or vehicle is exempt from a specified requirement of a provision of the Vehicle Standards if: (a) complying with the provision would prevent the vehicle from operating in the way in which, or for the purpose for which, the vehicle was built or modified; or (b) the vehicle is an experimental vehicle, a prototype, or another vehicle, that could not reasonably be expected to comply with the provision; or (c) the vehicle: (i) was registered, or otherwise authorised to be driven or towed on a road or road‑related area, by a vehicle registration authority before the commencement of the provision; and (ii) was not required to comply with a similar requirement before that commencement. (2) If the Minister makes the declaration, the requirement does not apply to the person or vehicle while the exemption is in force.