First Nations Land Management Act (S.C. 1999, c. 24)

Act current to 2012-05-02 and last amended on 2009-04-03. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

41. Section 10 of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act does not apply to a project carried out on first nation land.

Marginal note:Emergencies Act

42. The Emergencies Act continues to apply to first nation land except that any appropriation, requisition or use of first nation land required under that Act must be expressly authorized by order of the Governor in Council.

Marginal note:Acts respecting nuclear energy

  • 43. (1) Subject to subsection (2), nothing in this Act limits the application of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act and the Nuclear Energy Act to first nation lands.

  • Marginal note:Expropriation provisions

    (2) In the event of any inconsistency or conflict between the provisions of this Act relating to expropriation and the Nuclear Energy Act, the provisions of this Act prevail to the extent of the inconsistency or conflict.

  • 1999, c. 24, ss. 43, 47.
Marginal note:Non-application of Statutory Instruments Act

44. The Statutory Instruments Act does not apply in respect of a land code or first nation laws.

AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE

Marginal note:Addition of band to schedule

45. The Governor in Council may, by order, add the name of a band to the schedule if the Governor in Council is satisfied that the signing of the Framework Agreement on behalf of the band has been duly authorized and that the Framework Agreement has been so signed.

TRANSITIONAL PROVISION

Marginal note:Validity

  • 46. (1) Any action taken or determination or decision made under the Framework Agreement before the coming into force of sections 6 to 14, 35 and 36 is deemed, to the extent that it would have been valid under those sections, to have been validly taken or made under this Act.

  • Marginal note:Coming into force of land code

    (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a land code may not come into force before the coming into force of this section.

CONDITIONAL AMENDMENT

47. [Amendment]

COMING INTO FORCE

Marginal note:Order of Governor in Council

Footnote *48. Section 45 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council after the completion of a review of the Framework Agreement in accordance with its provisions and any consultations that the Governor in Council may require.