2.1(1)If the Director considers it appropriate to do so, the Director may, by order and subject to any terms and conditions the Director considers appropriate, exempt any person or class of persons from the application of this Act or any provision of it or from the application of the regulations or any provision of them.

2.1(2)An order under subsection (1) may be made on the Director’s own motion or on the application of an interested person.

2.1(3)The order may be retroactive in its operation.

2.1(4)A person to whom the order applies shall comply with the terms and conditions imposed by the Director under subsection (1).