(1) The Minister may,
in accordance with this section, exempt a specified person, or a specified
class of persons, from the operation of a provision or provisions of this Act.
(2) An exemption under
this section—
(a) if
limited in its application to a specified person—must be by notice in
writing to that person; or
(b) if
applying to a specified class of persons—
(i)
must be by notice in the Gazette; or
(ii)
must be by notice in writing to each person of that
class.
(3) An exemption may
be conditional or unconditional.
(4) The Minister may,
by notice in writing or in the Gazette (as the case requires), vary or revoke
an exemption for any reason the Minister thinks fit.
(5) A person must not
contravene a condition of an exemption.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
(6) If a person
contravenes a condition of an exemption, the exemption does not, while the
contravention continues, operate in that person's favour.