(1) Unless the context otherwise requires, in any regulation, rule, order, agreement, deed, instrument, application, notice, direction, contract, lease, or other document in force at the commencement of this Act, the references specified in subsections (2) and (3) must be read in the manner indicated in those subsections.
(2) Every reference to the Secretary for Internal Affairs, when used in relation to the National Archives, is a reference to the chief executive of the responsible department.
(3) Every reference to the Secretary for Internal Affairs, when used in relation to the Heritage Property Unit, Historical Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs, or the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, is a reference to the chief executive of the responsible ministry.