Pictou Landing Indian Band Agreement Act (S.C. 1995, c. 4)

Marginal note:Short title

1 This Act may be cited as the Pictou Landing Indian Band Agreement Act.

Marginal note:Definition of "agreement"

2 In this Act, agreement means the agreement concluded on July 20, 1993 between Her Majesty in right of Canada and the Pictou Landing Indian Band.

Marginal note:Indian moneys

3 For greater certainty, no amount paid pursuant to the agreement to the Pictou Landing Indian Band or its members either before or after the coming into force of this Act constitutes Indian moneys for the purposes of the Indian Act, and subsection 35(4) of that Act does not apply in respect of any such amount.

Marginal note:Sole recourse for individual claims

4 Claims by members of the Pictou Landing Indian Band arising from the adverse effects referred to in section 13 of the agreement may only be made against the continuing compensation account, and in accordance with the procedure, referred to in that section.