Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act

Marginal note:Restriction on powers: environmental review of projects

• 39 (1) The Board may not issue, amend or renew a licence to use waters or deposit waste where the use or deposit, or in the case of an amendment any change to the use or deposit, or the appurtenant undertaking requires screening in accordance with Part 4 of Article 12 of the Agreement, until the Nunavut Impact Review Board has completed the screening and, where a review under Part 5 or 6 of that Article is required, issued a project certificate referred to in section 12.5.12 or 12.6.17 of the Agreement.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where an appurtenant undertaking is required to be reviewed, the Board may, before the project certificate is issued, issue, amend or renew a licence to use waters or deposit waste in relation to exploration or developmental work related to the appurtenant undertaking, provided that

  • (a) the use or deposit falls within Schedule 12-1 of the Agreement or can, in the judgment of the Nunavut Impact Review Board, proceed without the review; or

  • (b) the licence is issued, amended or renewed for an interim, short-term period.