Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act

Marginal note:Ministerial approval of type A licences

• 81 (1) A board may not issue a type A licence referred to in the Northwest Territories Waters Act without the approval of the federal Minister.

• Marginal note:Notification

  (2) The federal Minister shall, within thirty days after receiving a type A licence prepared by a board, notify the board whether or not the licence is approved and provide written reasons in the notification.

• Marginal note:Time extension

  (3) The federal Minister may extend the period of thirty days allowed by subsection (2) by not more than thirty additional days.