British Columbia Indian Cut-off Lands Settlement Act (S.C. 1984, c. 2)

Marginal note:Definitions

2 In this Act,

band

band has the same meaning as in the Indian Act; (bande)

council of the band

council of the band has the same meaning as in the Indian Act; (conseil)

cut-off lands

cut-off lands means land referred to in section 2(a) of the McKenna-McBride Agreement that had before 1916 been set aside for the use and benefit of Indians but that, pursuant to

• (a) the Indian Affairs Settlement Act, chapter 32 of the Statutes of British Columbia, 1919,

• (b) the British Columbia Indian Lands Settlement Act, chapter 51 of the Statutes of Canada, 1920, and

• (c) the report of the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia of June 30, 1916, as approved by Canada Order in Council 1265 of July 19, 1924 and British Columbia Order in Council 911 of July 26, 1923,

ceased to be so set aside, but does not include any lands in the Railway Belt or Peace River Block; (terres retranchées)

McKenna-McBride Agreement

McKenna-McBride Agreement means the agreement signed in Victoria, British Columbia on September 24, 1912 and entitled “Memorandum of an Agreement arrived at between J.A.J. McKenna, Special Commissioner appointed by the Dominion Government to investigate the condition of Indian Affairs in British Columbia, and the Honourable Sir Richard McBride, as Premier of the Province of British Columbia”. (Convention McKenna-McBride)