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Yukon Act (S.C. 2002, c. 7)

Assented to 2002-03-27

Marginal note:R.S., c. W-11; 1996, c. 6, s. 134

Winding-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;

Marginal note:R.S., c. Y-1

Young 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;

Marginal note:1994, c. 34

Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act

253. The long title of the Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act is replaced by the following:

An Act to approve, give effect to and declare valid land claims agreements entered into between Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, the Government of Yukon and certain first nations in Yukon, to provide for approving, giving effect to and declaring valid other land claims agreements entered into after this Act comes into force, and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

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