(1) Until the establishment of the Executive on Self - Government Day:
(a) references in the Canberra Water Supply (Googong Dam) Act 1974 to the Executive shall be read as references to the Minister;
(b) references in that Act to the Territory shall be read as references to the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority; and
(c) section 6A of that Act has no effect.
(2) Any steps taken under that Act by the Minister before Self - Government Day have effect on and after that Day as if they had been taken by the Executive.