First Nations Oil and Gas and Moneys Management Act

Marginal note:For greater certainty

3 For greater certainty,

• (a) Her Majesty’s title to lands in a managed area is not affected by this Act;

• (b) lands in a managed area continue to be set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of the first nation for which they were set apart;

• (c) lands in a managed area continue to be lands reserved for the Indians within the meaning of Class 24 of section 91 of the Constitution Act, 1867;

• (d) this Act does not affect the ability of a first nation to participate in and benefit from any federal government program; and

• (e) nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to abrogate or derogate from the protection provided for existing aboriginal or treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada by the recognition and affirmation of those rights in section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.