Exemption from the requirements of section 5.3

(1) The Administration may grant to individual ships exemptions of a partial or conditional nature, or complete exemption from the requirements of regulation 104. (2) The exemptions permitted under this regulation shall be granted only to a ship engaged on a voyage where the maximum distance of the ship from a place of refuge, the length of the voyage, the absence of general navigation hazards, and other conditions affecting safety are such as to render the full application of regulation 104 unreasonable or unnecessary.