Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act (S.C. 1994, c. 35)
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Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act
S.C. 1994, c. 35
Assented to 1994-07-07
An Act respecting self-government for first nations in Yukon
Preamble
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;
WHEREAS the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun, the Teslin Tlingit Council and the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation have each entered into a final agreement with Her Majesty and the Government of the Yukon Territory, incorporating the provisions of the Umbrella Final Agreement and including provisions specific to each first nation;
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;
WHEREAS self-government agreements have been concluded with those first nations, and have been signed on behalf of each first nation, Her Majesty and the Government of the Yukon Territory;
WHEREAS other first nations of Yukon may conclude self-government agreements;
AND WHEREAS the Government of Canada has undertaken to recommend to Parliament the enactment of legislation to bring self-government agreements into effect;
NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
SHORT TITLE
Marginal note:Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act.
INTERPRETATION
Marginal note:Definitions
2. In this Act,
“citizen”
« citoyen »
“citizen”, in relation to a first nation, means a citizen as determined in accordance with the constitution of the first nation;
“constitution”
« constitution »
“constitution” means the constitution of a first nation, as referred to in section 8;
“final agreement”
« accord définitif »
“final agreement” means a land claims agreement for a first nation that includes provisions specific to the first nation and incorporates the provisions of the Umbrella Final Agreement, and includes any amendments made to it from time to time in accordance with its provisions;
“first nation”
« première nation »
“first nation” means a first nation named in column II of Schedule I;
“Minister”
« ministre »
“Minister” means the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development;
“predecessor band”
« bande antérieure »
“predecessor band” , in relation to a first nation, means the band or bands, within the meaning of the Indian Act, named in column I of Schedule I opposite the name of the first nation appearing in column II of that Schedule;
“self-government agreement”
« accord »
“self-government agreement” means an agreement concluded by a first nation with Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada and the Yukon Government respecting government by and for the first nation;
“settlement land”
« terres désignées »
“settlement land” means land identified in a first nation’s final agreement as settlement land of the first nation;
“Umbrella Final Agreement”
« accord-cadre »
“Umbrella Final Agreement” means the Umbrella Final Agreement signed on May 29, 1993 by representatives of the Council for Yukon Indians, Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada and the Yukon Government, and includes any amendments made to it from time to time in accordance with its provisions;
“Yukon enactment”
« loi territoriale »
“Yukon enactment” means a law of general application enacted pursuant to the Yukon Act;
“Yukon Government”
« gouvernement du Yukon »
“Yukon Government” means the Commissioner of Yukon acting with the consent of the Executive Council of Yukon.
- 1994, c. 35, s. 2;
- 2002, c. 7, s. 261.