diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-webscript-context.xml b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-webscript-context.xml
index 97c275ffd0..e23278fd75 100644
--- a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-webscript-context.xml
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-webscript-context.xml
@@ -690,4 +690,11 @@
           parent="rmBaseWebscript">
         <property name="securityClearanceService" ref="SecurityClearanceService"/>
     </bean>
+
+   <!-- REST impl for GET exemption categories -->
+   <bean id="webscript.org.alfresco.rma.classification.exemptioncategories.get"
+      class="org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.script.classification.ExemptionCategoriesGet"
+      parent="rmBaseWebscript">
+      <property name="classificationSchemeService" ref="ClassificationSchemeService" />
+   </bean>
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/rma/classification/exemptioncategories.get.desc.xml b/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/rma/classification/exemptioncategories.get.desc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18a9683922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/rma/classification/exemptioncategories.get.desc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<webscript>
+   <shortname>Records Management Exemption Categories</shortname>
+   <description>Gets the list of exemption categories.</description>
+   <url>/api/classification/exemptioncategories</url>
+   <format default="json"/>
+   <authentication>user</authentication>
+   <transaction allow="readonly">required</transaction>
+</webscript>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/rma/classification/exemptioncategories.get.json.ftl b/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/rma/classification/exemptioncategories.get.json.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d55e2cfed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/rma/classification/exemptioncategories.get.json.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+   "data":
+   {
+      "items":
+      [
+         <#list exemptionCategories as exemptionCategory>
+         {
+            "id": "${exemptionCategory.id?json_string}",
+            "displayLabel": "${exemptionCategory.displayLabel?json_string}",
+            "fullCategory": "${exemptionCategory.id?json_string}: ${exemptionCategory.displayLabel?json_string}"
+         }<#if exemptionCategory_has_next>,</#if>
+         </#list>
+      ]
+   }
+}
diff --git a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/script/classification/ExemptionCategoriesGet.java b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/script/classification/ExemptionCategoriesGet.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5965adbe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/script/classification/ExemptionCategoriesGet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2015 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Alfresco
+ *
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.script.classification;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.classification.ClassificationSchemeService;
+import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.script.AbstractRmWebScript;
+import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Cache;
+import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Status;
+import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation for Java backed webscript to get the exemption categories.
+ *
+ * @author tpage
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class ExemptionCategoriesGet extends AbstractRmWebScript
+{
+    /** The exemption category key for the map. */
+    private static final String EXEMPTION_CATEGORIES = "exemptionCategories";
+
+    /** The classification scheme service. */
+    private ClassificationSchemeService classificationSchemeService;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the classification scheme service.
+     *
+     * @param classificationSchemeService The classification scheme service.
+     */
+    public void setClassificationSchemeService(ClassificationSchemeService classificationSchemeService)
+    {
+        this.classificationSchemeService = classificationSchemeService;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Map<String, Object> executeImpl(WebScriptRequest req, Status status, Cache cache)
+    {
+        Map<String, Object> result = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+        result.put(EXEMPTION_CATEGORIES, classificationSchemeService.getExemptionCategories());
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rm-server/unit-test/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/script/classification/ExemptionCategoriesGetUnitTest.java b/rm-server/unit-test/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/script/classification/ExemptionCategoriesGetUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..137f0c3b04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rm-server/unit-test/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/script/classification/ExemptionCategoriesGetUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2015 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Alfresco
+ *
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.script.classification;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.classification.ClassificationSchemeService;
+import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.classification.ExemptionCategory;
+import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.test.util.BaseWebScriptUnitTest;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.Spy;
+import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeWebScript;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for the get exemption categories API.
+ *
+ * @author tpage
+ */
+public class ExemptionCategoriesGetUnitTest extends BaseWebScriptUnitTest
+{
+    /** Classpath location of ftl template for web script */
+    private static final String WEBSCRIPT_TEMPLATE = WEBSCRIPT_ROOT_RM + "classification/exemptioncategories.get.json.ftl";
+
+    /** Webscript instance */
+    private @Spy @InjectMocks ExemptionCategoriesGet webScript;
+    private @Mock ClassificationSchemeService mockClassificationSchemeService;
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    protected DeclarativeWebScript getWebScript()
+    {
+        return webScript;
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    protected String getWebScriptTemplate()
+    {
+        return WEBSCRIPT_TEMPLATE;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test the successful retrieval of two exemption categories.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void getExemptionCategories() throws Exception
+    {
+        // Create test data.
+        ExemptionCategory exemptionCategoryA = new ExemptionCategory("idA", "labelA");
+        ExemptionCategory exemptionCategoryB = new ExemptionCategory("idB", "labelB");
+        List<ExemptionCategory> exemptionCategories = Arrays.asList(exemptionCategoryA, exemptionCategoryB);
+
+        // setup interactions
+        doReturn(exemptionCategories).when(mockClassificationSchemeService).getExemptionCategories();
+
+        // setup web script parameters
+        Map<String, String> parameters = new HashMap<String, String>();
+
+        // execute web script
+        JSONObject json = executeJSONWebScript(parameters);
+        assertNotNull(json);
+        String actualJSONString = json.toString();
+
+        // check the JSON result using Jackson to allow easy equality testing.
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        String expectedJSONString = "{\"data\":{\"items\":[{\"displayLabel\":\"labelA\",\"id\":\"idA\",\"fullCategory\":\"idA: labelA\"},{\"displayLabel\":\"labelB\",\"id\":\"idB\",\"fullCategory\":\"idB: labelB\"}]}}";
+        JsonNode expected = mapper.readTree(expectedJSONString);
+        assertEquals(expected, mapper.readTree(actualJSONString));
+    }
+}