Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act

Marginal note:Reconsideration on referral back

• 77 (1) When it reconsiders a recommendation that is referred back to it under paragraph 76(1)(b), the executive committee and the panel of the Board may exercise the powers and shall perform the duties that they have, respectively, in relation to screenings and reviews.

• Marginal note:Time limits

  (2) The executive committee or panel of the Board shall make a new recommendation to the decision bodies in respect of the project within the period prescribed by the rules, which is not to exceed 60 days for a screening by the executive committee or 90 days for a review by a panel of the Board. If it does not make such a recommendation, it is deemed to have made the same recommendation that it made at the conclusion of its screening or review.

• Marginal note:New recommendation

  (3) Every decision body shall, within the period prescribed by the regulations, issue a decision document accepting, rejecting or varying the new recommendation, and that decision document replaces any previous decision document issued by it in respect of the project.