For example, he has made it easier to dodge the requirement to buy insurance, by adding to the law's long list of exemptions for "hardship".
The industry is also trying to expand the list of exemptions from rules requiring derivatives to be traded through clearing houses.
He noted, however, that the U.S. Department of Commerce created in 2007 a list of exemptions for certain items if sent to validated end users in China.
So far the lobbyists have been moderately successful in influencing the contours of the legislation, judging by the ever-growing list of exemptions from tougher oversight of derivatives and from supervision by the proposed consumer financial protection agency.
Ministers have acknowledged that this definition is so wide that it will catch everyday stimulants such as tobacco, alcohol and caffeine, and that the bill will include a list of exemptions for legitimate substances with provision to extend it further.
In a document called the state "tax expenditure report," a list of exemptions for various industries totals $29 billion, according to State Senator Liz Krueger of Manhattan, who has made this a personal mission.
The term psychoactive covers such a wide range of substances that the legislation comes with an extensive list of exemptions including food, medicines, alcohol, nicotine and tobacco products, and coffee and tea.
Guidelines issued by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) note that you can receive a free plastic bag if your shopping includes items from a long list of exemptions, including: uncooked fish, meat and poultry products, unwrapped blades and "live aquatic creatures in water".
The list of exemptions and conditions is long, and the department of culture, media and sport has accompanied the move by warning that no programme containing product placement may be broadcast until the media regulator, Ofcom, has consulted the public, and made changes to the broadcast codes.
The list of exemptions continues ….
