New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MARINE SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 139

139 Exemptions

(1) The regulations may exempt, or provide for the exemption of, any person or vessel from any requirement of the regulations.

(2) If this Act confers a power to make regulations to exempt any person or vessel from a requirement of this Act or the regulations, the power extends to making a regulation authorising the Minister or other person to grant the exemption.

(3) An exemption granted by the regulations, by a licence or approval as referred to in section 18 or by an order of the Minister or other person may be made subject to any condition specified in the regulation, licence, approval or order.

(4) The exemption does not apply during any period that any such relevant condition is not complied with.

Note: Sections 11, 18, 50, 53, 57 and 75 make provision for the granting of exemptions. Schedule 4 contains provisions for the preservation of exemptions granted under the Acts repealed by this Act.