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  1. Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act - S.C. 2013, c. 21 (Section 5)
    Marginal note:Included powers
    •  (1) Regulations made under section 4 may

      • [...]

      • (c) confer on any person or body the power, exercisable in specified circumstances and subject to specified conditions,

        • [...]

        • (iii) to appoint a manager independent of the First Nation to operate a drinking water system or waste water system on its First Nation lands;

      • [...]

      • (p) require permits to be obtained as a condition of engaging in any activity on First Nation lands that could affect the quality of drinking water, or as a condition of engaging in any activity governed by the regulations, specify the terms and conditions of those permits and provide for their issuance, suspension and cancellation;

      • (q) deem a First Nation or any person or body, for the purposes of this Act, to be the owner of a drinking water system or waste water system of a prescribed class, and prescribe classes of drinking water systems and waste water systems for that purpose; and

    • Marginal note:Offences under provincial law

      (2) If a contravention of the regulations that is an offence under paragraph (1)(f) would have been an offence under provincial law had the contravention occurred outside First Nation lands in the province in which it occurred, the fine or term of imprisonment imposed for the contravention by the regulations may not exceed that imposed by provincial law for such a contravention.

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    • Marginal note:Provincial variations

      (4) Regulations made under section 4 may vary from province to province and, within any province, may be restricted to the First Nations specified in the regulations or exempt specified First Nations from their application.

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  2. Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act - S.C. 2013, c. 21 (Section 5)
    Marginal note:Included powers
    •  (1) Regulations made under section 4 may

      • [...]

      • (c) confer on any person or body the power, exercisable in specified circumstances and subject to specified conditions,

        • [...]

        • (iii) to appoint a manager independent of the First Nation to operate a drinking water system or waste water system on its First Nation lands;

      • [...]

      • (p) require permits to be obtained as a condition of engaging in any activity on First Nation lands that could affect the quality of drinking water, or as a condition of engaging in any activity governed by the regulations, specify the terms and conditions of those permits and provide for their issuance, suspension and cancellation;

      • (q) deem a First Nation or any person or body, for the purposes of this Act, to be the owner of a drinking water system or waste water system of a prescribed class, and prescribe classes of drinking water systems and waste water systems for that purpose; and

    • Marginal note:Offences under provincial law

      (2) If a contravention of the regulations that is an offence under paragraph (1)(f) would have been an offence under provincial law had the contravention occurred outside First Nation lands in the province in which it occurred, the fine or term of imprisonment imposed for the contravention by the regulations may not exceed that imposed by provincial law for such a contravention.

    • [...]

    • Marginal note:Provincial variations

      (4) Regulations made under section 4 may vary from province to province and, within any province, may be restricted to the First Nations specified in the regulations or exempt specified First Nations from their application.

    [...]


  3. Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act - S.C. 2013, c. 21 (Section 2)
    Marginal note:Definitions
    •  (1) The following definitions apply in this Act.

      First Nation

      First Nation means

      • (a) a band, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, the disposition of whose lands is subject to that Act or the First Nations Land Management Act; or

      • (b) any other band, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, specified in regulations made under subsection (2). (première nation)

      First Nation lands

      First Nation lands  means

    • Marginal note:Regulations

      (2) The Governor in Council may make regulations providing, for the purposes of this Act, that a band, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, is a First Nation and that lands described in those regulations are First Nation lands.


  4. Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act - S.C. 2013, c. 21 (Section 2)
    Marginal note:Definitions
    •  (1) The following definitions apply in this Act.

      First Nation

      First Nation means

      • (a) a band, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, the disposition of whose lands is subject to that Act or the First Nations Land Management Act; or

      • (b) any other band, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, specified in regulations made under subsection (2). (première nation)

      First Nation lands

      First Nation lands  means

    • Marginal note:Regulations

      (2) The Governor in Council may make regulations providing, for the purposes of this Act, that a band, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, is a First Nation and that lands described in those regulations are First Nation lands.

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  5. Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act - S.C. 2013, c. 21 (Section 1)
    Marginal note:Short title

     This Act may be cited as the Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act.



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