This Act may be cited as the Niue Amendment Act (No 2) 1974, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Niue Act 1966 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

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(3) The following enactments are hereby consequentially repealed:

• (a) Section 8(3) of the Maori and Island Affairs Department Act 1968:

• (b) So much of the Schedule to that Act as relates to section 2 of the principal Act.

(4) Every reference in any enactment relating to Niue, 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 Niue and in force at the commencement 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.