(1) This section applies to consultation undertaken before the commencement of this Act under section 12 of the principal Act for the purpose of setting or varying a total allowable catch for a quota management stock under section 13 of the principal Act after the commencement of this Act.
(2) The consultation is to be treated as complying with section 12 of the principal Act if, had it been undertaken after the commencement of this Act, it would have complied with section 12 of the principal Act.