Regulation 16 Power to make exemptions
(1) The Secretary of State may exempt a person under this regulation.
(2) The effect of an exemption is -
(a) the person is not required to comply with any notice under regulation 10(2) (duty on eligible Scottish partnership to investigate and obtain information) or 11 (eligible Scottish partnership’s duty to keep information up to date), but if a notice is received, the person must bring the existence of the exemption to the attention of the eligible Scottish partnership that sent it;
(b) eligible Scottish partnerships are not obliged to take steps or give notice under the regulations specified in sub-paragraph (a) to or with respect to that person;
(c) a notice under regulation 10(5) does not require any other person to give any information about that person;
(d) the duties imposed by regulation 13 and 14 (duties to supply and update information) do not apply to that person, and
(e) the person does not count for the purposes of these Regulations as a registrable person or, as the case may be, a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to any eligible Scottish partnership.