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Yukon Act (S.C. 2002, c. 7)

Assented to 2002-03-27

R.S., c. C-44; 1994, c. 24, s. 1 (F)Canada Business Corporations Act

Marginal note:1999, c. 3, s. 16

 Paragraph (e) of the definition “court” in subsection 2(1) of the English version of the Canada Business Corporations Act is replaced by the following:

  • (e) the Supreme Court of Yukon, the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories and the Nunavut Court of Justice;

R.S.C. 1970, c. C-32Canada Corporations Act

Marginal note:1999, c. 3, s. 17

 Paragraph (d) of the definition “court” in subsection 3(1) of the English version of the Canada Corporations Act is replaced by the following:

  • (d) in Yukon, the Supreme Court of Yukon, in the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, and in Nunavut, the Nunavut Court of Justice;

2000, c. 9Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:

 Paragraph (f) of the definition “judge” in subsection 2(1) of the Canada Elections Act is replaced by the following:

  • (f) in relation to the electoral district of Yukon, a judge of the Supreme Court of Yukon;

 Paragraphs 22(3)(c) and (d) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • (c) a member of the legislature of a province, the Council of the Northwest Territories or the Legislative Assembly of Yukon or Nunavut;

  • (d) a judge or deputy judge of any superior court or any bankruptcy or insolvency court and, in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, a judge of the Supreme Court;

 Paragraph 65(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (c) a member of the legislature of a province, the Council of the Northwest Territories or the Legislative Assembly of Yukon or Nunavut;

 Paragraph 311(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (b) in the Province of Quebec, New Brunswick or Alberta, Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, to a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Province or Territory;

 Paragraph 525(2)(c) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (c) in the Provinces of Nova Scotia and British Columbia, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court;

 The expression “Yukon Territory” is replaced by the word “Yukon” wherever it occurs in Schedules 2 and 3 to the Act.

R.S., c. C-5Canada Evidence Act

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 8)

 Subsection 22(2) of the Canada Evidence Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:In the case of the territories

    (2) Evidence of any proclamation, order, regulation or appointment made by the Lieutenant Governor or Lieutenant Governor in Council of the Northwest Territories, as constituted prior to September 1, 1905, or by the Commissioner in Council of the Northwest Territories or the Legislature of Yukon or the Legislature for Nunavut, may be given by the production of a copy of the Canada Gazette purporting to contain a copy of the proclamation, order, regulation or appointment, or a notice of it.

R.S., c. L-2Canada Labour Code

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 89)

 Paragraph 123(1)(a) of the English version of the Canada Labour Code is replaced by the following:

  • (a) on or in connection with the operation of any federal work, undertaking or business other than a work, undertaking or business of a local or private nature in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut;

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 90)

 Paragraph 167(1)(a) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (a) to employment in or in connection with the operation of any federal work, undertaking or business other than a work, undertaking or business of a local or private nature in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut;

R.S., c. L-6Canada Lands Surveys Act

Marginal note:

 Paragraph (a) of the definition “Commissioner” in subsection 2(1) of the Canada Lands Surveys Act is replaced by the following:

  • (a) in respect of lands under his or her administration and control under the Yukon Act, the Commissioner of Yukon, and

Marginal note:1998, c. 15, s. 51

 Section 22 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Surveys made by Canada Lands Surveyor under other Act

22. The provisions of sections 17, 18 and 23 apply, with any modifications that the circumstances require, to surveys under any other Act of Parliament, or any regulation made under such an Act, or any ordinance of the Northwest Territories or any law of the Legislature of Yukon or the Legislature for Nunavut if the Act, regulation, ordinance or law requires the surveys to be made by a Canada Lands Surveyor.

Marginal note:2000, c. 32, s. 49

 The portion of paragraph 24(1)(a) of the Act before subparagraph (i) is replaced by the following:

  • (a) any lands belonging to Her Majesty in right of Canada or of which the Government of Canada has power to dispose that are situated in Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut or in any National Park of Canada and any lands that are

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 103); 1998, c. 14, par. 100(i)(F)

 Subsection 32(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Roads, etc., to be public highways

    (2) With respect to Canada Lands situated in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, all allowances laid out in surveys of roads, streets, lanes or commons in any city, town, village or settlement shall be public highways or commons.

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 104)

 The definition “territorial lands” in section 34 of the Act is replaced by the following:

“territorial lands”

« terres territoriales »

“territorial lands” means any lands situated in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut.

Marginal note:1999, c. 3, s. 79(1)
  •  (1) Paragraph 41(2)(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (c) that any person to whom the notice of decision is mailed has a right of appeal from the decision to the Supreme Court of Yukon, the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories or the Nunavut Court of Justice, as the case may be, within sixty days after the date of the notice; and

  • Marginal note:1999, c. 3, s. 79(2)

    (2) Subsection 41(4) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Who may appeal

      (4) Any person to whom a notice of decision is mailed under this section may, within sixty days after the date of the notice of decision and if within that time the person serves the Minister or the Commissioner with a notice of appeal, appeal from the decision of the Minister or the Commissioner to the Supreme Court of Yukon, the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories or the Nunavut Court of Justice, as the case may be.

1998, c. 10Canada Marine Act

Marginal note:1999, c. 3, s. 18

 Paragraph (f) of the definition “court” in section 103 of the English version of the Canada Marine Act is replaced by the following:

  • (f) the Supreme Court of Yukon, the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories and the Nunavut Court of Justice; and

2000, c. 32Canada National Parks Act

 Part 11 of Schedule 1 to the Canada National Parks Act is amended by replacing the words “Yukon Territory” and “the Yukon Territory”, wherever they occur, with the word “Yukon”.

 Schedule 2 to the English version of the Act is amended by replacing the words “Yukon Territory” and “the Yukon Territory”, wherever they occur, with the word “Yukon” and by replacing the words “said Territory” with the words “said territory”.

1987, c. 3Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 8.1); 1998, c. 15, s. 18

 Paragraph (a) of the definition “frontier lands” in subsection 6(1) of the English version of the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act is replaced by the following:

  • (a) Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut or Sable Island, or

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 8.2); 1998, c. 15, s. 18

 The definition “province” in subsection 218(1) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

“province”

« province »

“province” does not include the Northwest Territories, Yukon or Nunavut.

 

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