Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (S.C. 1998, c. 25)

Marginal note:Main office

37. The main office of the Board shall be located in the settlement area referred to in the Gwich’in Agreement.

Marginal note:Board established

• 38. (1) There is hereby established, in respect of the settlement area referred to in the Sahtu Agreement, a board to be known as the Sahtu Land Use Planning Board.

• Marginal note:Membership

  (2) The Board shall consist of five members including, apart from the chairperson, two members appointed on the nomination of the Sahtu First Nation and one member appointed on the nomination of the territorial Minister.

• Marginal note:Quorum

  (3) A quorum of the Board consists of three members, including one of the members appointed on the nomination of the Sahtu First Nation and one of the members not so appointed other than the chairperson.

Marginal note:Main office

39. The main office of the Board shall be located in the settlement area referred to in the Sahtu Agreement.

Marginal note:Objectives and other factors

40. The planning board for a settlement area shall, after consultation with the federal Minister, the territorial Minister and the first nation of the settlement area, determine the objectives to be considered and the other factors to be taken into account in the preparation of a land use plan for the settlement area.

Marginal note:Preparation of land use plan

• 41. (1) A planning board shall prepare and adopt a land use plan for submission and approval under section 43.

• Marginal note:Purpose of land use plan

  (2) A land use plan shall provide for the conservation, development and use of land, waters and other resources in a settlement area.

• Marginal note:Contents of land use plan

  (3) A land use plan may include

  • (a) maps, diagrams and other graphic materials;

  • (b) written statements, policies, guidelines and forecasts;

  • (c) descriptions of permitted and prohibited uses of land, waters and resources;

  • (d) authority for the planning board to make exceptions to the plan and the manner of exercising that authority; and

  • (e) any other information that the planning board considers appropriate.

• Marginal note:Settlement lands

  (4) A planning board shall take into consideration a land use plan proposed by the first nation for its settlement lands in the settlement area, and may incorporate that plan into the land use plan for the settlement area.

Marginal note:Public notice

• 42. (1) A planning board shall publish in the settlement area and in adjoining settlement areas in the Mackenzie Valley a notice inviting interested persons to examine at specified times and places a draft of the land use plan prepared by it.

• Marginal note:Public hearings

  (2) A planning board may hold public hearings in relation to a proposed land use plan after publishing in the settlement area and in adjoining settlement areas in the Mackenzie Valley a notice specifying the times and places of the hearings and the procedure to be followed.