Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act
Marginal note:Definitions
2 (1) The following definitions apply in this Act.
- drinking water
drinking water means water intended for use by humans for drinking, bathing or food preparation. (eau potable)
- drinking water system
drinking water system means a system for the collection, storage, treatment or distribution of drinking water, and includes a well. (système d’alimentation en eau potable)
- First Nation
First Nation means
(a) a band, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, the disposition of whose lands is subject to that Act or the First Nations Land Management Act; or
(b) any other band, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, specified in regulations made under subsection (2). (première nation)
- First Nation lands
First Nation lands means
(a) lands the disposition of which is subject to the Indian Act or the First Nations Land Management Act; or
(b) in relation to a band specified in regulations made under subsection (2), the lands described in those regulations. (terres)
- Minister
Minister means the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. (ministre)
- provincial body
provincial body means a body established by a provincial Act. (organisme provincial)
- provincial official
provincial official means a minister of the Crown in right of a province, a person employed by a province or a person appointed to or employed by a provincial body. (fonctionnaire provincial)
- waste water system
waste water system means a system for the collection, treatment or disposal of waste water. (système de traitement des eaux usées)
Marginal note:Regulations
(2) The Governor in Council may make regulations providing, for the purposes of this Act, that a band, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, is a First Nation and that lands described in those regulations are First Nation lands.
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