684General power to grant exemptions

684  General power to grant exemptions  (1) The regulator may exempt a person or class of persons from compliance with any of these Regulations.  (2) The exemption may be granted on the regulator’s own initiative or on the written application of one or more persons.  (3) This regulation is subject to the limitations set out in this Part.  (4) This regulation does not apply to an exemption from:  (a) a provision requiring a person to hold a high risk work licence; or  (b) a provision of Chapter 9 relating to a major hazard facility or proposed major hazard facility; or  (c) regulation 529D in relation to exempting a type of engineered stone from that regulation.