(1)  This Act does not apply to –

(a) a police officer; or

(b) a ticket collector at licensed premises to the extent that his or her functions include screening persons seeking entry to those premises; or

(c) a natural person who is the licensee of licensed premises to the extent that he or she controls or monitors the behaviour of persons at the licensed premises; or

(d) a person employed at licensed premises who performs at those premises any prescribed function; or

(e) any person or class of persons exempted under subsection (3) .

(2)  For the purposes of paragraph (d) of subsection (1) ,

prescribed function , in relation to a person employed at licensed premises, means a function specified in paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) of the definition of  crowd controller in section 3 which is not part of the regular duties of that person at those premises.

(3)  The Minister, by notice published in the Gazette , may exempt from this Act –

(a) any specified class of persons; or

(b) persons carrying out specified duties; or

(c) persons carrying out duties at any specified place, event or function or specified class of place, event or function.

(4)  The notice published in the Gazette may provide –

(a) for circumstances in which, and conditions subject to which, an exemption is to apply; and

(b) that an exemption is of no effect at any time when any condition to which it is subject is not being observed.

(5)  A notice referred to in subsection (3) is not a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .