Product Emissions Standards Rules 2017
29Applying for exemptions
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29 Applying for exemptions
(1) A person may apply to the Secretary for: (a) an exemption of the applicant, or of a class of persons including the applicant, from a specified provision of Part 3 or 4 of the Act in relation to a specified emissions‑controlled product or products; or (b) an exemption of a specified emissions‑controlled product or products from a specified provision of Part 3 or 4 of the Act. (2) The application must: (a) state the name and address of the applicant; and (b) contain the following: (i) the date on which, or the period in which, it is expected that the product or products will be imported or supplied under the exemption; (ii) the number of products expected to be imported or supplied under the exemption; (iii) a description of how the product or products are expected to be used or dealt with in Australia; and (c) nominate a single exemption category in accordance with section 30; and (d) be given to the Secretary in the manner and form (if any) approved under subsection (3); and (e) be accompanied by the fee set by subsection 43(2) for receiving and processing the application, unless the fee is waived under section 44. (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(d), the Secretary may approve, by notice in writing published on the Department’s website, the manner and form in which an application must be given to the Secretary under this section.