exclude a place of business from the application of the limit on the number of places of business that the QFB may establish; or
(b) where the QFB is not subject to a limit on the number of places of business that it may establish, allow the QFB to treat two or more of its places of business as one, for the purpose of ATM sharing agreements with other QFBs, subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Authority think fit.