Marginal note:Exercise of powers

• 9. (1) The powers of a first nation named in Schedule II shall be exercised in accordance with the first nation’s constitution and, subject to subsection (2), by the bodies and persons specified in the constitution.

• Marginal note:Delegation of powers

  (2) Any power of a first nation named in Schedule II, including a power to enact laws, may be delegated by a law of the first nation to any other first nation or to any other body or person to the extent that the delegation is consistent with the first nation’s constitution and self-government agreement.

Marginal note:Register of laws

• 10. (1) A first nation named in Schedule II shall maintain at its principal administrative office a register of laws, containing the constitution of the first nation and all laws enacted by the first nation, to which any person may have reasonable access during normal business hours.

• Marginal note:Central registry

  (2) First nations may establish a central registry of their constitutions and laws, to which any person may have reasonable access during normal business hours.

• Marginal note:Registration of laws

  (3) On the enactment of a law by a first nation named in Schedule II, the original of the law signed and dated by the person presiding over the body that enacted it shall be deposited in the first nation’s register of laws and a copy of the law certified by that person to be a true copy shall be provided to the central registry established under subsection (2), if any.

• Marginal note:Commencement

  (4) A law enacted by a first nation named in Schedule II comes into force at the beginning of the day following its enactment, or at such later time as is specified in the law.

• Marginal note:Evidence

  (5) In any proceedings, evidence of a law enacted by a first nation named in Schedule II may be given by the production of a copy of the law, certified to be a true copy by a person authorized by the first nation, without proof of that person’s signature or official character.

• Marginal note:Judicial notice

  (6) In any proceedings, judicial notice may be taken of a law enacted by a first nation named in Schedule II that is held in a central registry established under subsection (2).

• Marginal note:Statutory Instruments Act

  (7) The Statutory Instruments Act does not apply in respect of laws enacted by a first nation.

Marginal note:Legislative powers

• 11. (1) A first nation named in Schedule II has, to the extent provided by its self-government agreement,

  • (a) the exclusive power to enact laws in relation to the matters enumerated in Part I of Schedule III;

  • (b) the power to enact laws applicable in Yukon in relation to the matters enumerated in Part II of Schedule III; and

  • (c) the power to enact laws of a local or private nature applicable on the first nation’s settlement land in relation to the matters enumerated in Part III of Schedule III.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (2) To the extent provided by the first nation’s self-government agreement and subject to any limitations contained in it, a first nation named in Schedule II has the power to enact laws in relation to taxation as described in Part IV of Schedule III.

• Marginal note:Administration of justice

  (3) The power of a first nation under paragraph (1)(c) to enact laws in relation to the administration of justice is suspended until the earlier of

  • (a) the effective date of an agreement respecting the administration of justice entered into between the parties to the first nation’s self-government agreement, and

  • (b) the expiration of any interim period provided by the self-government agreement for the purpose of reaching an agreement respecting the administration of justice.