Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act

Marginal note:Conditions for issuing licence

77 A board may not issue a licence pursuant to section 76 unless

• (a) the applicant and the first nation enter into an agreement to compensate the first nation for any loss or damage resulting from any substantial alteration to the quality, quantity or rate of flow of waters when on or flowing through its first nation lands, or waters adjacent to its first nation lands; or

• (b) the applicant or the first nation applies to the board for a determination pursuant to subsection 79(1).