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#### 10 Instruments declared to be legislative instruments
(1) For the purposes of subsection 8(5), each of the following is a legislative instrument:
(a) a regulation or Proclamation (other than a Proclamation that is a commencement instrument) made under a power delegated by the Parliament;
(b) a Territory Ordinance covered by subsection (2), or a regulation, rule or by‑law under such an Ordinance;
(c) an instrument prescribed by regulation for the purposes of this paragraph;
(d) an instrument that includes a provision that amends or repeals another legislative instrument.
> Note: Commencement instruments, which may be Proclamations, are notifiable instruments: see section 11.
(2) The following Territory Ordinances are covered by this subsection:
(a) an Ordinance made under a power delegated by the Parliament in an Act providing for the government of a non‑self‑governing Territory;
(b) an Ordinance made under subsection 12(1) of the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 that has not become an enactment (as defined in the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988).