Part 3: Exemptions Chapter 3: Emergencies etc. Section 43: Natural disasters and other exceptional circumstances
Subsection (1) states that subsidies given to compensate damage caused by a natural disaster or other exceptional circumstances are exempt from complying with the subsidy control requirements. Subsection (5) states that for the purpose of this exemption subsidies are not exempt from the transparency requirements of the regime.
	Subsection (2) clarifies that an exceptional circumstance cannot be only economic in nature.
	The use of this exemption is restricted in that it can only be used when the Secretary of State has published a notice stating a particular emergency has occurred and therefore the ‘natural disasters and other exceptional circumstances’ exemption can be used to remedy that situation. A published notice must be laid in Parliament and may be withdrawn by the Secretary of State.