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470When a new permission is the *equivalent* of an old permission
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470 When a new permission is the *equivalent* of an old permission
For the purposes of this Part, a new permission specified in, or prescribed as mentioned in, column 3 of an item of the Table is the ***equivalent*** of an old permission specified in column 2 of that item of the Table.
| *Column 1*<br>*Item* | *Column 2*<br>*Old permission* | *Column 3*<br>*New permission* | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | A works approval under section 19B | A development licence | |
| 2 | A research, development or demonstration approval under section 19D | A pilot project licence | |
| 3 | A licence under section 20 | | A prescribed new permission |
| 4 | An emergency waste authorisation under section 30A | | An authorisation under section 157 |
| 5 | A permit to transport prescribed waste or prescribed industrial waste under section 53F | | A prescribed new permission |
| 6 | A prescribed old permission | | A prescribed new permission |
S. 471 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 18 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 32−40, 3/2020 ss 45, 46, 47/2020 s. 27).