Notwithstanding anything in this Part, a territorial authority may, if it thinks fit, cancel an existing exemption granted by that territorial authority under section 8N and issue a new exemption in substitution for that exemption,—
(a) where the terms or conditions of the existing exemption are to be or have been varied under section 8Q:
(b) where the existing exemption has become disfigured or dilapidated, or contains a mistake, or where the territorial authority is satisfied that the existing exemption has been lost or destroyed.
Section 8U: inserted, on 1 July 1997, by section 3 of the Food Amendment Act (No 2) 1996 (1996 No 97).