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Exemptions from compulsory purchase of turf.
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18.—(1) The Minister may, if and whenever he thinks proper so to do, grant to any person an exemption from the provisions of this Act relating to the compulsory purchase of turf.
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(2) Every exemption granted under this section—
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(a) shall be in the prescribed form, and
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(b) may be granted for a limited period or without any limitation of time, and
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(c) may be granted subject to such (if any) limitations (specified in such exemption) as the Minister shall think proper in relation to the coal to which the exemption applies, whether in respect of the quantity, quality, place of purchase, place or purpose of user of or any other matter connected with such coal, and
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(d) shall be expressed and shall operate to relieve the person to whom it is granted from the obligation to comply with the provisions of this Act relating to the compulsory purchase of turf during the period specified in that behalf in the exemption or, where no such period is so expressed, without limitation of time, but subject to such (if any) limitations authorised by this sub-section as shall be specified in the exemption.
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(3) An exemption granted under this section may be revoked at any time by the Minister at his absolute discretion.
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