(1) This section applies if:
(a) an ABF vessel management plan ( pre-commencement plan ) is accepted under subsection 8(1) of the Navigation Regulation 2013 (the old Regulation ) before its repeal; and
(b) immediately before the commencement of this instrument, both of the following apply:
(i) the acceptance (the pre-commencement acceptance ) is the last acceptance given for the pre-commencement plan under that subsection;
(ii) the pre-commencement acceptance has not expired under paragraph 8(3)(a) or section 9 of the old Regulation.
(2) Despite the repeal of the old Regulation:
(a) the pre-commencement acceptance continues in force on and after the commencement of this instrument; and
(b) the pre-commencement plan may be dealt with under this instrument, on and after that commencement, as if it were an ABF vessel management plan accepted under section 9 of this instrument; and
(c) the pre-commencement acceptance is taken, for the purposes of this instrument, to have commenced on 1 October 2023; and
(d) the pre-commencement acceptance is taken, for the purposes of this instrument, to end:
(i) if a date of expiry was specified in the acceptance--on that date; or
(ii) otherwise--on 1 October 2028 unless the acceptance ends earlier in accordance with this instrument.