This Act may be cited as the Cook Islands Amendment Act 1974, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Cook Islands Act 1915 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

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(3) The following enactments are hereby consequentially repealed:

• (a) Section 8(2) of the Maori and Island Affairs Department Act 1968:

• (b) So much of the Schedule to that Act as relates to the principal Act

(4) Every reference in any enactment relating to the Cook Islands, or in any regulation, rule, order, agreement, deed, instrument, application, notice, licence, or other document whatsoever made pursuant to the principal Act or relating to the Cook Islands and in force at the passing of this Act shall, unless the context otherwise requires,—

• (a) In the case of a reference to the Minister of Island Affairs, be read after the passing of this Act as a reference to the Minister of Foreign Affairs:

• (b) In the case of a reference to the Secretary for Maori and Island Affairs, be read after the passing of this Act as a reference to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs:

• (c) In the case of a reference to the Department of Maori and Island Affairs, be read after the passing of this Act as a reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.