Northwest Territories Devolution Act (S.C. 2014, c. 2)

• (c) any institution of the Legislative Assembly or government of Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, as the case may be, or

• (i) any institution of the Legislative Assembly or government of Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, or

• (a) a law made by the Legislature of Yukon, of the Northwest Territories or for Nunavut, or any instrument made under any such law, or

“federal laws”

« lois fédérales »

“federal laws” includes Acts of Parliament, regulations as defined in section 2 of the Interpretation Act and any other rules of law within the jurisdiction of Parliament, and any provision of those Acts, regulations or rules of law, but does not include laws of the Legislature of Yukon, of the Northwest Territories or for Nunavut;

Marginal note:Territorial lands

• 17. (1) Despite section 3 of the Territorial Lands Act, sections 13 to 16 and 19 of that Act apply in respect of all federal real property in Nunavut.

• Marginal note:Yukon and Northwest Territories

  (1.1) Sections 13 to 16 and 19 of the Territorial Lands Act apply in respect of federal real property in Yukon or the Northwest Territories that is under the administration of a minister or an agent corporation.

• Marginal note:Administration — Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

  (2) If any federal real property in Nunavut or any federal real property that is described in subsection (1.1) is granted in fee simple under this Act, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development has the administration of any property and rights that are reserved from the grant by virtue of subsection (1) or (1.1).

• Marginal note:Administration — interest other than fee simple

  (3) If an interest — other than the fee simple in that federal real property — that is under the administration of a minister is granted under this Act, that minister retains the administration of the property and rights that are reserved from the grant by virtue of subsection (1) or (1.1).

Marginal note:Restriction

• 4. (1) Despite any other Act of Parliament, the Legislature of Yukon or of the Northwest Territories is, without the approval of the Governor in Council, not to repeal, amend or otherwise render inoperable any provision described in paragraph 3(2)(c).

Marginal note:Certificate as evidence against Her Majesty

• 5. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a law of the Legislature of Yukon, of the Northwest Territories or for Nunavut may provide that a certificate of title granted under it is conclusive evidence in all courts as against Her Majesty, subject to the same exceptions that were contained in the Land Titles Act as it read immediately before it was repealed in respect of the Territory.

“federal laws”

« droit »

“federal laws” includes Acts of Parliament, regulations as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Interpretation Act and any other rules of law within the jurisdiction of Parliament, but does not include laws of the Legislature of Yukon, of the Northwest Territories or for Nunavut;

• Marginal note:Territories

  (1.1) This Part does not apply to

  • (a) public real property that is under the administration and control of the Commissioner of Yukon under the Yukon Act; or

  • (b) public lands that are under the administration and control of the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories under the Northwest Territories Act.

• (c) a member of the legislative assembly of a province;

• (c) a member of the legislative assembly of a province;

• Marginal note:Water licences

  (4) The Minister may issue, amend, renew, suspend or cancel — or approve the assignment of — licences for the use of waters in the expansion area for the purposes of the mining access roads referred to in subsection (2) and, in relation to such licences, subsections 31(3) and 72.03(1), (6) and (7), sections 72.04, 72.1, 72.11, 72.13 and 72.15, subsections 85(1) and (2) and sections 85.1 to 85.3, 86.1 to 87, 89 and 93.2 of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act, the regulations made under that Act and, until they are amended or repealed, the Northwest Territories Waters Regulations apply, with any adaptations that may be necessary, as if the references in those provisions to the federal Minister or the Board were references to the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency and the references in those provisions to an inspector were references to the superintendent of the Park Reserve, a park warden or an enforcement officer designated for the purposes of this subsection.

Saving and Excepting thereout and therefrom, all those lands within Part I, those within the area of Lot 2, Group 859 as shown on Plan 62730MC recorded in the Canada Lands Surveys Records at Ottawa and those described as the Prairie Creek Area being described as follows:

“offence”

« infraction »

“offence” means an offence created by an Act of Parliament or by any regulation, rule, order, by-law or ordinance made under an Act of Parliament other than a law of the Legislature of Yukon, of the Northwest Territories or for Nunavut.