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Yukon Act (S.C. 2002, c. 7)

Assented to 2002-03-27

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;

265. Subsection 15(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Supreme Court of Yukon

  • 15. (1) For greater certainty and subject to section 14, the Supreme Court of Yukon has jurisdiction in respect of any action or proceeding arising out of this Act or out of a self-government agreement of a first nation named in Schedule II.

266. Paragraphs 17(3)(a) and (b) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • (a) in respect of any reserve, within the meaning of that Act, of a predecessor band of the first nation situated outside Yukon, and

  • (b) in respect of any rights, titles, interests, obligations, assets and liabilities of the predecessor band outside Yukon,

267. Paragraph 25(c) 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;

268. Item 5 of Part II of Schedule III to the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • 5. 
    Provision of training programs for citizens of the first nation, subject to applicable certification requirements of Canada or Yukon

269. Item 3 of Part IV of Schedule III to the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • 3. 
    La mise en oeuvre de mesures prises en application d’un accord fiscal conclu entre la première nation et le gouvernement du Yukon.
Marginal note:1994, c. 43

Yukon Surface Rights Board Act

Marginal note:1998, c. 5, s. 16

270. Section 65 of the Yukon Surface Rights Board Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Order respecting interpretation

65. In the case of a dispute respecting access to non-settlement land between the following persons, the Board shall, on application of either person, make an order interpreting a provision described in paragraph (b) in relation to the right of access for purposes of the dispute:

  • (a) a person, other than Government, who has an interest or right in the surface of the land; and

  • (b) a person, other than Government, who has, in relation to a mineral right, a right of access on the land under any provision of a law of the Legislature of Yukon identified in regulations made pursuant to paragraph 78(f).