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538Exemptions in relation to high risk work
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538 Exemptions in relation to high risk work
(1) Subject to regulation 543, the Authority may exempt any person, or any class of person (including persons who are under 18 years of age) from complying with regulation 128 in relation to specified high risk work.
(2) Subject to regulation 543, the Authority may exempt an employer, or a class of employer, from complying with regulation 129 in relation to specified high risk work that the employer seeks to have performed by a person, or class of person, who does not hold an appropriate high risk work licence (including persons who are under 18 years of age).