(1) Except as provided in subclauses (2), (3) and (4), a reference in any Act or statutory instrument, or in any other instrument, or in any contract or agreement, to:
(a) the Minister for Mineral Resources and Development shall be construed as a reference to the Minister for Mineral Resources,

(b) the Minister for Conservation shall be construed as a reference to the Minister for Forests.

(2) The reference in section 18 (2) (c) of the State Pollution Control Commission Act 1970 required to be construed as a reference to the Minister for Mineral Resources and Development shall be construed as a reference to the Minister for Industrial Development.

(3) The reference in section 8C (9) of the War Service Land Settlement Act 1941 to the Minister for Conservation shall be construed as a reference to the Minister for Water Resources.

(4) Subclause (1) (b) does not apply to the references to the Minister for Conservation in:
(a)  section 4 of the Blowering Dam (Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority) Act 1963,

(b)  section 4 of the River Murray Waters (Amendment) Act 1974,

(c)  Schedule 7 to the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, and

(d)  section 9 (2) (c) of the Coastal Protection Act 1979.