Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act

Marginal note:Time limit

• 66.1 (1) The executive committee shall establish a panel of the Board, and fix its terms of reference, within three months after the day on which it is required to do so under subsection 65(1) or (2).

• Marginal note:Excluded period

  (2) If the executive committee requires the proponent of the project to provide or collect information or to undertake a study, the period that, in the committee’s opinion, is taken by that proponent to comply with the requirement is not included in the calculation of the time limit under subsection (1) or of its extension.

• Marginal note:Extension of time limit by federal minister

  (3) The federal minister may, at the request of the executive committee, extend the time limit referred to in subsection (1) by a maximum of two months to take into account circumstances that are specific to the proposal for a project.

• Marginal note:Extension of time limit by Governor in Council

  (4) The Governor in Council may, by order, on the recommendation of the federal minister, further extend the time limit any number of times by periods of any length.