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Yukon Act (S.C. 2002, c. 7)

Assented to 2002-03-27

R.S., c. S-26Supreme Court Act

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 133)

237. Subsection 2(2) of the English version of the Supreme Court Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Application to the territories

    (2) For the purposes of this Act, the expression “highest court of final resort in a province” includes, in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, the Court of Appeal of that territory.

R.S., c. T-7Territorial Lands Act

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 135)

238. The long title of the Territorial Lands Act is replaced by the following:

An Act respecting Crown lands in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut

  • 239. (1) The definition “timber” in section 2 of the Act is repealed.

  • Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 136)

    (2) The definition “territorial lands” in section 2 of the Act is replaced by the following:

    “territorial lands”

    « terres territoriales »

    “territorial lands” means lands, or any interest in lands, in the Northwest Territories or Nunavut that are vested in the Crown or of which the Government of Canada has power to dispose;

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 137); 2000, c. 32, s. 66

240. Subsections 3(2) to (4) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Application of certain sections

    (2) Sections 9 and 12 to 16 and paragraph 23(k) apply to territorial lands under the administration and control of the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories or of the Commissioner of Nunavut.

  • Marginal note:Application of certain Acts

    (3) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting the operation of the Dominion Water Power Act or the Canada National Parks Act.

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 138)

241. Section 4 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Land management zones

4. Subject to section 6, the Governor in Council may, where the Governor in Council deems it necessary for the protection of the ecological balance or physical characteristics of any area in the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, set apart and appropriate any territorial lands in that area as a land management zone.

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 139)

242. Section 6 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Consultation with territories

6. The powers mentioned in sections 4 and 5 may be exercised by the Governor in Council only after consultation with the Council of the Northwest Territories or the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, as the case may be, where the Governor in Council deems the consultation to be practicable or, otherwise, after consultation with each of the members of that Council or Legislative Assembly with whom consultation can then be effected.

Marginal note:1993, c. 41, s. 14(1)

  • 243. (1) Subsection 9(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    Marginal note:Interpretation

    • 9. (1) In this section, the expressions “registrar” and “certificate of title” have the meanings assigned by any ordinance of the Northwest Territories or any law of the Legislature for Nunavut in respect of title to real property.

  • Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 140)

    (2) Paragraph 9(3)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (b) in the case of territorial lands described in subsection 3(2), by the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories if the lands are in the Northwest Territories or by the Commissioner of Nunavut if the lands are in Nunavut.

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 141); 1998, c. 15, s. 40

244. Paragraph 13(c) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (c) to the boundary line between Yukon and Alaska, or between Yukon and the Northwest Territories, or between the Northwest Territories and Nunavut or between Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut and the Province of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta or British Columbia.

245. The heading before section 17 and sections 17 and 18 of the Act are repealed.

  • 246. (1) Paragraph 23(e) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (e) set apart and appropriate territorial lands for use as game preserves, game sanctuaries, bird sanctuaries, public shooting grounds, public resorts or for any other similar public purpose;

  • Marginal note:1992, c. 1, s. 144(1) (Sch. VII, s. 50(1)) (F)

    (2) Paragraph 23(g) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (g) divide territorial lands into mining districts and land districts;

247. Subsection 30(2) of the Act is repealed.

1991, c. 45Trust and Loan Companies Act

Marginal note:1999, c. 3, s. 84

248. Paragraph (f) of the definition “court” in section 2 of the English version of the Trust and Loan Companies Act is replaced by the following:

  • (f) in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court, and in Nunavut, the Nunavut Court of Justice;

1984, c. 24Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act

249. The first paragraph of the preamble to the Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act is replaced by the following:

WHEREAS the Committee for Original Peoples’ Entitlement and the Government of Canada have entered into an Agreement respecting certain lands in the Northwest Territories and Yukon in and to which the Inuvialuit have claimed an interest based on traditional use and occupancy;

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