12Agreements etc.—Minister may make arrangements

##### 12 Agreements etc.—Minister may make arrangements (1) The Minister may, by writing signed by him or her, declare that a specified agreement or a specified instrument: (a) to which the Commonwealth or the Commonwealth Government is a party; and (b) that immediately before the commencement of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991 related to fisheries; has effect, after that commencement, as if: (c) AFMA were substituted for the Commonwealth or the Commonwealth Government, as the case may be, as a party to the agreement or instrument; and (d) any reference in the agreement or instrument to the Commonwealth or the Commonwealth Government were (except in relation to matters that occurred before that commencement) a reference to AFMA; and, where the Minister makes such a declaration, it has effect accordingly.