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.