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  1. First Nations Fiscal Management Act - S.C. 2005, c. 9 (SCHEDULE)

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  2. First Nations Fiscal Management Act - S.C. 2005, c. 9 (Section 97)
    Marginal note:Laws respecting the provision of services
    •  (1) The council of a First Nation may make laws respecting the provision of services and respecting infrastructure located on the First Nation’s reserve lands that is used in the provision of those services, including laws

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      • (c) respecting, subject to any conditions and procedures prescribed by regulation, the enforcement of laws made under this subsection, including by providing for measures to

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        • (iii) recover costs incurred by the First Nation in enforcing those laws and impose and recover interest and penalties with respect to those costs,

    • Marginal note:For greater certainty

      (2) For greater certainty, laws made under subsection (1) apply only on the reserve lands of the First Nation that made the laws.

    • Marginal note:Non-compliance with measure

      (3) If a person or entity is not complying with a measure referred to in subparagraph (1)(c)(i) or (ii), the First Nation may take appropriate corrective measures at the expense of the person or entity.

    • Marginal note:Application to competent court

      (4) The First Nation may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order directing a person or entity named in the application to comply with a law made under subsection (1), such as by

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    • Marginal note:Enforcement — Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management Act

      (5) If a First Nation has adopted a land code as defined in subsection 2(2) of the Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management Act or the council of a First Nation has enacted a First Nation law as defined in subsection 2(1) of that Act, the First Nation may use any enforcement measure — other than a measure for the investigation or prosecution of an offence punishable on summary conviction referred to in paragraph 19.1(a) of the Framework Agreement, as defined in subsection 2(1) of that Act — that is provided for in that land code or First Nation law to enforce a law made under subsection (1).

    • Marginal note:Regulations

      (6) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister made having regard to any representations by the First Nations Infrastructure Institute, make regulations prescribing anything that is to be prescribed under paragraph (1)(c).

    • Marginal note:Publication

      (7) The First Nation shall publish all laws made under subsection (1) in the First Nations Gazette and provide a copy of a law made under that subsection on request.

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  3. First Nations Fiscal Management Act - S.C. 2005, c. 9 (Section 53)
    Marginal note:Third-party management
    •  (1) The Board may, on giving notice to the council of a First Nation and to the Minister, assume management of the First Nation’s local revenues, including its local revenue account,

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      • (b) if, in the opinion of the Board, there is a serious risk that the First Nation will default on an obligation to the First Nations Finance Authority; or

    • Marginal note:Powers

      (2) If the Board assumes third-party management of the local revenues of a First Nation, the Board has the exclusive right to

      • (a) subject to subsection (3), act in the place of the council of the First Nation to make laws under paragraphs 5(1)(a) to (f) and subsection 9(1);

      • (b) act in the place of the council of the First Nation to

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        • (ii) manage the First Nation’s local revenues, including the local revenue account,

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      • (d) exercise any powers or fulfil any obligations delegated to the Board under a law of the First Nation or an agreement between the First Nation and the Board or between the First Nation and the First Nations Finance Authority.

    • Marginal note:Delegation — consent of council required

      (3) The Board shall not make a law under paragraph 5(1)(f) or 9(1)(b) that delegates a power to a person or body to whom a power was not delegated at the time the Board assumed third-party management of the local revenues of a First Nation, unless the council of the First Nation gives its consent.

    • Marginal note:Prohibition

      (4) The council of the First Nation shall not, during the time that the board assumes third-party management of the First Nation’s local revenues, repeal any law made under paragraph 5(1)(g).

    • Marginal note:Review every six months

      (5) Where the Board has assumed third-party management of a First Nation’s local revenues, it shall review the need for third-party management at least once every six months and advise the First Nations Finance Authority, the First Nations Tax Commission and the council of the First Nation of the results of its review.

    • Marginal note:Termination by Board

      (6) The Board may terminate third-party management of a First Nation’s local revenues, on giving notice to the council of the First Nation, if

      • (a) it is of the opinion that there is no longer a serious risk that the First Nation will default on an obligation to the First Nations Finance Authority and the Authority consents to the termination in writing;

      • (b) where the First Nation was in default of an obligation to the First Nations Finance Authority, it is of the opinion that the First Nation has remedied the default and the Authority consents to the termination in writing; or

      • (c) it is of the opinion that the situation for which third-party management of the First Nation’s local revenues was required under paragraph 33(3)(b) or subsection 86(4) has been remedied.

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    • Marginal note:Notice

      (8) The Board shall advise the First Nations Finance Authority and First Nations Tax Commission of the assumption or termination of third-party management of a First Nation’s local revenues.

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  4. First Nations Fiscal Management Act - S.C. 2005, c. 9 (Section 52)
    Marginal note:Imposed co-management
    •  (1) The Board may, on giving notice to the council of a First Nation, require the First Nation to enter into a co-management arrangement in respect of the First Nation’s local revenues, including its local revenue account,

      • (a) if, in the opinion of the Board, there is a serious risk that the First Nation will default on an obligation to the First Nations Finance Authority; or

    • (2) Under a co-management arrangement, the Board may

      • (a) recommend amendments to a law of the First Nation made under this Act;

      • (b) recommend changes to the First Nation’s expenditures or budgets;

      • (c) recommend improvements to the First Nation’s financial management system;

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      • (e) order that expenditures of local revenues of the First Nation be approved by, or paid with cheques co-signed by, a manager appointed by the Board; and

      • (f) exercise any powers delegated to the Board under a law of the First Nation or under an agreement between the First Nation and the Board or the First Nation and the First Nations Finance Authority.

    • Marginal note:Termination by Board

      (3) The Board may terminate a co-management arrangement with a First Nation on giving notice to its council that the Board is of the opinion that

      • (a) there is no longer a serious risk that the First Nation will default on an obligation to the First Nations Finance Authority;

      • (b) where the First Nation was in default of a payment obligation to the First Nations Finance Authority, the First Nation has remedied the default;

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      • (d) third-party management of the First Nation’s local revenues is required.

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    • Marginal note:Notice

      (5) The Board shall advise the First Nations Finance Authority and the First Nations Tax Commission of the commencement or termination of a co-management arrangement.

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  5. First Nations Fiscal Management Act - S.C. 2005, c. 9 (Section 29)

     The purposes of the Commission are to

    • (a) support and protect the integrity of First Nations local revenue systems and promote common approaches to those systems as part of the Canadian fiscal framework;

    • (b) support and promote the reconciliation, in First Nations local revenue systems, of the interests of taxpayers with the responsibilities of councils to govern the affairs of First Nations;

    • (c) support and promote positive relationships between First Nations and taxpayers, including through the provision of support services for the resolution of disputes related to First Nations local revenue systems;

    • (d) assist First Nations in the exercise of their jurisdiction over local revenues;

    • (e) develop and deliver, and provide support for the development and delivery of, training and education services — and conduct research — respecting the implementation and administration of First Nations local revenue systems, respecting First Nations economic growth and respecting the evolution of local revenue systems;

    • (f) assist First Nations in growing their economies and increasing their local revenues;

    • (g) promote transparency of First Nations local revenue systems and understanding of those systems by members of First Nations, taxpayers and the public;

    • (h) conduct research and provide advice and information to the Government of Canada, including the Minister, regarding the future development and implementation of frameworks to support First Nations in exercising their jurisdiction over local revenues;

    • (i) conduct research, analyze information and provide advice to support the development, implementation and administration of First Nations local revenue systems;

    • (j) collaborate with First Nations, Indigenous institutions and organizations and all levels of government to strengthen First Nations economies and support the development of legal and administrative frameworks to promote the evolution of their jurisdiction over local revenues;

    • (k) support the negotiation, development and implementation of agreements related to First Nations local revenue systems;

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