(1) A person may apply to the Director for an exemption from the requirements of one or more provisions of these regulations.(2) An application under subregulation (1) must be (a) in the approved form; and(b) accompanied by a fee of 200 fee units.(3) The Director may, by notice to a person who makes an application under subregulation (1) , require the person to pay a fee calculated at 75 fee units for each hour, or part of an hour, spent by the Director, or a person nominated by the Director, in assessing the application.(4) A person required under subregulation (3) to pay a fee is to pay the fee (a) within 30 days after an invoice for the fee is issued; or(b) within a later period, after an invoice is issued, specified by the Director in a written notice to the person.(5) The Director may, on his or her own initiative, waive the fee required under subregulation (2)(b) .(6) The Director may, in writing (a) require a person to provide to the Director further information about any matter in relation to an application by the person under subregulation (1) ; and(b) refuse to grant the application unless the person provides the information as required.(7) The Director may, after receiving an application under subregulation (1) from a person, exempt, or refuse to exempt, the person from the requirements of a provision of these regulations.(8) An exemption under subregulation (7) may be granted unconditionally or subject to any condition that the Director considers appropriate.(9) A person exempted under subregulation (7) from the requirements of a provision of these regulations must comply with the conditions, if any, of the exemption.Penalty: Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.(10) The Director may at any time, by notice to a person to whom an exemption has been granted under subregulation (7) , revoke the exemption.