Work Health and Safety Regulations 2022
684General power to grant exemptions
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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 1 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) [Regulation 684 Subregulation (4) amended by S.R. 2024, No. 30, Applied:01 Jul 2024] a provision of Chapter 9 relating to a major hazard facility or proposed major hazard facility; or
| Note | | A decision to refuse to grant an exemption is a reviewable decision (see regulation 676 ). |
(c) [Regulation 684 Subregulation (4) amended by S.R. 2024, No. 30, Applied:01 Jul 2024] regulation 529D in relation to exempting a type of engineered stone from that regulation.