Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act

Marginal note:Jurisdiction — Board

• 102 (1) The Board has jurisdiction in respect of all uses of land or waters or deposits of waste in the Mackenzie Valley for which a permit is required under Part 3 or a licence is required under the Northwest Territories Waters Act, and for that purpose the Board has the powers and duties of a board established under Part 3, other than powers under sections 78, 79 and 79.2 to 80.1, as if a reference in that Part to a management area were a reference to the Mackenzie Valley, except that, with regard to subsection 61(2), the reference to management area continues to be a reference to Wekeezhii.

• Marginal note:Jurisdiction — regional panels

  (2) A regional panel of the Board shall exercise

  • (a) the powers and duties referred to in subsection (1) in respect of a use of land or waters or a deposit of waste that is to take place, and that is likely to have an impact, wholly within the management area of the regional panel; and

  • (b) the powers conferred by sections 78, 79 and 79.2 to 80.1 on the board established under Part 3 for that management area.