(1) The regulations may—
(a) exempt a vehicle, person or animal prescribed under the regulations from this Act (or a stated provision of this Act); or
(b) authorise the road transport authority to exempt a vehicle, person or animal prescribed under the regulations from this Act (or a stated provision of this Act).
(2) An exemption granted under a regulation mentioned in subsection (1) may be subject to conditions.
(3) The regulations may provide for the road transport authority to—
(a) suspend the operation of any regulation mentioned in paragraph (1) (a) in the way and circumstances prescribed under the regulations; or
(b) suspend the operation of an exemption given by the authority to a vehicle, person or animal in the way and circumstances prescribed under the regulations.