Yukon Act (S.C. 2002, c. 7)
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Assented to 2002-03-27
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250. The definition “Territory” in section 2 of the Act is replaced by the following:
“Territory”
« Territoire »
“Territory” means the Northwest Territories, Yukon and adjacent offshore areas, not forming part of the Northwest Territories or Yukon, within the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Canada.
R.S., c. W-11; 1996, c. 6, s. 134Winding-up and Restructuring Act
Marginal note:1999, c. 3, s. 85
251. Paragraph (d) of the definition “court” in subsection 2(1) of the Winding-up and Restructuring Act is replaced by the following:
(d) in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court, and in Nunavut, the Nunavut Court of Justice;
R.S., c. Y-1Young Offenders Act
Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 144); 1998, c. 15, s. 41
252. The definition “offence” in subsection 2(1) of the Young Offenders Act is replaced by the following:
“offence”
« infraction »
“offence” means an offence created by an Act of Parliament or by any regulation, rule, order, by-law or ordinance made under it, other than an ordinance of the Northwest Territories or a law of the Legislature of Yukon or the Legislature for Nunavut;
1994, c. 34Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act
253. The long title of the Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act is replaced by the following:
254. The third paragraph of the preamble to the Act is replaced by the following:
WHEREAS agreements may be entered into with respect to aboriginal claims to lands in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories by persons enrolled under final agreements as well as aboriginal claims to lands in Yukon by certain people outside that territory;
255. Subsection 11(4) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Enforcement
(4) An order or decision of the Enrollment Commission made before or after this Act comes into force may be filed in the Supreme Court of Yukon, and when so filed may be enforced as an order of that Court.
256. Paragraph 15(c) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
(c) such regional offices of the Government of Canada situated in Yukon as the Minister considers advisable; and
257. (1) Subsections 20(1) and (2) of the Act are repealed.
(2) Subsection 20(4) of the Act is repealed.
258. Subsection 21(2) of the Act is repealed.
1994, c. 35Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act
259. The long title of the English version of the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act replaced by the following:
260. (1) The first paragraph of the preamble to the Act is replaced by the following:
WHEREAS representatives of Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, the Government of the Yukon Territory and the Council for Yukon Indians signed the Umbrella Final Agreement on May 29, 1993, the provisions of which are intended to be incorporated into final agreements for the settlement of land claims of first nations in Yukon;
(2) The third paragraph of the preamble to the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
WHEREAS those final agreements provide that Her Majesty and the Government of Yukon are to enter into negotiations with those first nations for self-government agreements appropriate to the circumstances of each of them and in accordance with the Constitution of Canada;
(3) The fifth paragraph of the preamble to the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
WHEREAS other first nations of Yukon may conclude self-government agreements;
261. The definition “Yukon Government” in section 2 of the Act is replaced by the following:
“Yukon Government”
« gouvernement du Yukon »
“Yukon Government” means the Commissioner of Yukon acting with the consent of the Executive Council of Yukon.
262. Paragraph 11(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(b) the power to enact laws applicable in Yukon in relation to the matters enumerated in Part II of Schedule III; and
263. Subsection 12(2) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Agreements with local governments
(2) Where a first nation’s self-government agreement so provides, the Yukon Government or a municipal corporation in Yukon may agree to the exercise by the first nation of any of the powers referred to in subsection (1), for which that Government or corporation has responsibility, in respect of portions of settlement land identified in the agreement.
264. Paragraph 14(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(a) the courts of Yukon have, subject to paragraph (b), jurisdiction in respect of laws enacted by the first nation according to the respective jurisdictions of those courts under territorial laws;
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