The Road Traffic (Carriage of Explosives) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Certificates of exemption

15.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may, by a certificate in writing, exempt from all or any requirements or prohibitions imposed by these regulations any particular, or class of, explosive, person or vehicle and any such exemption may be granted subject to conditions and to a limit of time and may be revoked by a certificate in writing at any time.

(2) The Secretary of State shall not grant any such exemption unless, having regard to the circumstances of the case, and in particular to—

(a) the conditions, if any, which he proposes at attach to the exemption; and

(b) any other requirements imposed by or under any enactment which apply to the case,

he is satisfied that neither the health and safety of persons who are likely to be affected by the exemption nor the security of the explosives will be prejudiced.

(3) The Secretary of State may in the interests of national security exempt by a certificate in writing from all or any requirements or prohibitions imposed by these regulations any particular, or class of—

(a) military explosive;

(b) person engaged in the carriage of military explosive;

(c) vehicle used for the carriage of military explosive,

and any such exemption may be granted subject to conditions and to a limit of time and may be revoked by a certificate in writing at any time.