114Recognition of certain interstate instruments

114 Recognition of certain interstate instruments (1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare: (a) an instrument of a legislative or administrative character; or (b) a class of instruments of a legislative or administrative character, issued under an Act of the Commonwealth or of a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth to be an instrument or a class of instruments under this Act. (2) The Minister may, by notice in writing to a person who applied for the declaration under subsection (3), declare an instrument of an administrative character under an Act of the Commonwealth, a

Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998 78 State or another Territory of the Commonwealth, to be an environment protection approval or a licence or a prescribed instrument of the type specified in the declaration. (3) A person may apply in writing to the Minister for a declaration under subsection (1) or (2). (4) Where the Minister makes a declaration under this section, the instrument the subject of the declaration is deemed to be an instrument made under this Act of the type specified by the Minister in the declaration.