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Northwest Territories Devolution Act (S.C. 2014, c. 2)

Assented to 2014-03-25

PART 1NORTHWEST TERRITORIES ACT

Amendments to Other Acts

R.S., c. T-7Territorial Lands Act

Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 243(1)
  •  (1) Subsection 9(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    Marginal note:Interpretation
    • 9. (1) In this section, the expressions “certificate of title” and “registrar” have the meanings assigned by any law of the Legislature of the Northwest Territories or for Nunavut, as the case may be, in respect of title to real property.

  • Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 243(2)

    (2) Paragraph 9(3)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (b) in the case of territorial lands described in subsection 3(2), by the Commissioner of Nunavut.

R.S., c. W-4Dominion Water Power Act

Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 161

 The definitions “Dominion water-powers” and “public lands” in section 2 of the Dominion Water Power Act are replaced by the following:

“Dominion water-powers”

« forces hydrauliques du Canada »

“Dominion water-powers” means any water-powers on public lands, or any other water-powers that are the property of Canada and have been or may be placed under the administration of the Minister, but does not include water-powers on lands under the administration and control of the Commissioner of Yukon or the Northwest Territories;

“public lands”

« terres domaniales »

“public lands” means lands belonging to Her Majesty in right of Canada and includes lands of which the Government of Canada has power to dispose but does not include lands under the administration and control of the Commissioner of Yukon or the Northwest Territories;

R.S., c. 3 (2nd Supp.)Divorce Act

 Paragraph (b) of the definition “Attorney General” in subsection 18(1) of the Divorce Act is replaced by the following:

  • (b) for the Northwest Territories, the member of the Executive Council of the Northwest Territories designated by the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories,

Marginal note:1997, c. 1, s. 9

 Paragraph 20.1(1)(d) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (d) any member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, or any agency in the Northwest Territories, designated by the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories; or

R.S., c. 36 (2nd Supp.)Canada Petroleum Resources Act

Marginal note:1996, c. 31, s. 58; 1998, c. 15, par. 49(a)
  •  (1) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition “frontier lands” in section 2 of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act are replaced by the following:

    • (a) that part of the onshore that is under the administration of a federal minister,

    • (b) Nunavut,

    • (c) Sable Island,

    • (d) the submarine areas in that part — of the internal waters of Canada or the territorial sea of Canada — that is not situated

      • (i) in a province other than the Northwest Territories, or

      • (ii) in that part of the onshore that is not under the administration of a federal minister, or

    • (e) the continental shelf of Canada,

  • (2) Section 2 of the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

    “onshore”

    « région intracôtière »

    “onshore” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Northwest Territories Act;

 Section 101 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (6):

  • Marginal note:Disclosure — governments and agencies

    (6.1) The National Energy Board may disclose any information or documentation that it obtains under this Act or the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act — to officials of the Government of Canada, the government of a province or a foreign government or to the representatives of any of their agencies — for the purposes of a federal, provincial or foreign law, as the case may be, that deals primarily with a petroleum-related work or activity, including the exploration for and the management, administration and exploitation of petroleum resources, if

    • (a) the government or agency undertakes to keep the information or documentation confidential and not to disclose it without the Board’s written consent;

    • (b) the information or documentation is disclosed in accordance with any conditions agreed to by the Board and the government or agency; and

    • (c) in the case of disclosure to a foreign government or agency, the Minister consents in writing.

  • Marginal note:Disclosure — Minister

    (6.2) The National Energy Board may disclose to the Minister the information or documentation that it has disclosed or intends to disclose under subsection (6.1), but the Minister is not to further disclose that information or documentation unless the Board consents in writing to that disclosure or the Minister is required by an Act of Parliament to disclose that information or documentation.

  • Marginal note:Consent

    (6.3) For the purposes of paragraph (6.1)(a) and subsection (6.2), the National Energy Board may consent to the further disclosure of information or documentation only if the Board itself is authorized under this section to disclose it.

 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 117.1:

Marginal note:Northwest Territories
  • 117.2 (1) An interest in respect of lands that straddle the onshore and the offshore — that is in effect on the coming into force of this section — is divided into two interests: one in respect of the portion of those lands that is situated in the onshore and one in respect of the portion that is situated in the offshore. Only the offshore interest is to be under the administration of a federal minister.

  • Marginal note:Assignment of new numbers

    (2) The Registrar referred to in subsection 87(2) may assign new numbers to the interests resulting from the division of the interest.

  • Marginal note:Interpretation

    (3) The division of the interest and assignment of new numbers is to be construed as a continuation of the interest and not as the issuance of new interests.

  • Definition of “offshore”

    (4) In this section, “offshore” has the same meaning as in section 48.01 of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act.

R.S., c. 24 (4th Supp.)Canadian Multiculturalism Act

Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 129

 Paragraph (c) of the definition “federal institution” in section 2 of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act is replaced by the following:

  • (c) any institution of the Legislative Assembly or government of Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, as the case may be, or

R.S., c. 31 (4th Supp.)Official Languages Act

Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 224

 Paragraph (i) of the definition “federal institution” in subsection 3(1) of the Official Languages Act is replaced by the following:

  • (i) any institution of the Legislative Assembly or government of Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, or

Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 225

 Paragraph 7(3)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (a) a law made by the Legislature of Yukon, of the Northwest Territories or for Nunavut, or any instrument made under any such law, or

1990, c. 41Hibernia Development Project Act

Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 178

 The definition “federal laws” in subsection 2(1) of the Hibernia Development Project Act is replaced by the following:

“federal laws”

« lois fédérales »

“federal laws” includes Acts of Parliament, regulations as defined in section 2 of the Interpretation Act and any other rules of law within the jurisdiction of Parliament, and any provision of those Acts, regulations or rules of law, but does not include laws of the Legislature of Yukon, of the Northwest Territories or for Nunavut;

1991, c. 50; 2001, c. 4, s. 10Federal Real Property and Federal Immovables Act

Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 171

 Section 17 of the Federal Real Property and Federal Immovables Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Territorial lands
  • 17. (1) Despite section 3 of the Territorial Lands Act, sections 13 to 16 and 19 of that Act apply in respect of all federal real property in Nunavut.

  • Marginal note:Yukon and Northwest Territories

    (1.1) Sections 13 to 16 and 19 of the Territorial Lands Act apply in respect of federal real property in Yukon or the Northwest Territories that is under the administration of a minister or an agent corporation.

  • Marginal note:Administration — Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

    (2) If any federal real property in Nunavut or any federal real property that is described in subsection (1.1) is granted in fee simple under this Act, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development has the administration of any property and rights that are reserved from the grant by virtue of subsection (1) or (1.1).

  • Marginal note:Administration — interest other than fee simple

    (3) If an interest — other than the fee simple in that federal real property — that is under the administration of a minister is granted under this Act, that minister retains the administration of the property and rights that are reserved from the grant by virtue of subsection (1) or (1.1).

1993, c. 28Nunavut Act

Marginal note:1998, c. 15, s. 16

 Section 76.05 of the Nunavut Act and the heading before it are repealed.

1993, c. 41Land Titles Repeal Act

Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 198

 Subsection 4(1) of the Land Titles Repeal Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Restriction
  • 4. (1) Despite any other Act of Parliament, the Legislature of Yukon or of the Northwest Territories is, without the approval of the Governor in Council, not to repeal, amend or otherwise render inoperable any provision described in paragraph 3(2)(c).

Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 199

 Subsection 5(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Certificate as evidence against Her Majesty
  • 5. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a law of the Legislature of Yukon, of the Northwest Territories or for Nunavut may provide that a certificate of title granted under it is conclusive evidence in all courts as against Her Majesty, subject to the same exceptions that were contained in the Land Titles Act as it read immediately before it was repealed in respect of the Territory.

1996, c. 31Oceans Act

Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 223

 The definition “federal laws” in section 2 of the Oceans Act is replaced by the following:

“federal laws”

« droit »

“federal laws” includes Acts of Parliament, regulations as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Interpretation Act and any other rules of law within the jurisdiction of Parliament, but does not include laws of the Legislature of Yukon, of the Northwest Territories or for Nunavut;

1999, c. 33Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 125

 Subsection 207(1.1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Territories

    (1.1) This Part does not apply to

    • (a) public real property that is under the administration and control of the Commissioner of Yukon under the Yukon Act; or

    • (b) public lands that are under the administration and control of the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories under the Northwest Territories Act.

2000, c. 9Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 91

 Paragraph 22(3)(c) of the Canada Elections Act is replaced by the following:

  • (c) a member of the legislative assembly of a province;

Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 92

 Paragraph 65(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (c) a member of the legislative assembly of a province;

2000, c. 32Canada National Parks Act

Marginal note:2009, c. 17, s. 7(1)

 Subsection 41.1(4) of the Canada National Parks Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Water licences

    (4) The Minister may issue, amend, renew, suspend or cancel — or approve the assignment of — licences for the use of waters in the expansion area for the purposes of the mining access roads referred to in subsection (2) and, in relation to such licences, subsections 31(3) and 72.03(1), (6) and (7), sections 72.04, 72.1, 72.11, 72.13 and 72.15, subsections 85(1) and (2) and sections 85.1 to 85.3, 86.1 to 87, 89 and 93.2 of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act, the regulations made under that Act and, until they are amended or repealed, the Northwest Territories Waters Regulations apply, with any adaptations that may be necessary, as if the references in those provisions to the federal Minister or the Board were references to the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency and the references in those provisions to an inspector were references to the superintendent of the Park Reserve, a park warden or an enforcement officer designated for the purposes of this subsection.

Marginal note:2009, c. 17, s. 8

 The portion of the paragraph beginning with “Saving and Excepting” in Part II of the description of “NAHANNI NATIONAL PARK RESERVE OF CANADA” in Schedule 2 to the Act is replaced by the following:

Saving and Excepting thereout and therefrom, all those lands within Part I, those within the area of Lot 2, Group 859 as shown on Plan 62730MC recorded in the Canada Lands Surveys Records at Ottawa and those described as the Prairie Creek Area being described as follows:

2002, c. 1Youth Criminal Justice Act

Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 274

 The definition “offence” in subsection 2(1) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act is replaced by the following:

“offence”

« infraction »

“offence” means an offence created by an Act of Parliament or by any regulation, rule, order, by-law or ordinance made under an Act of Parliament other than a law of the Legislature of Yukon, of the Northwest Territories or for Nunavut.

2002, c. 10Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act

  •  (1) Subparagraph 60(1)(a)(ii) of the Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act is replaced by the following:

    • (ii) held a licence that was issued under this Act, the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act or a law of the Legislature of the Northwest Territories to deposit waste in the Northwest Territories or in Nunavut,

  • (2) Subparagraph 60(1)(a)(iv) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (iv) was — as authorized by regulations made under this Act or a law of the Legislature of the Northwest Territories — using waters or depositing waste in the Northwest Territories or in Nunavut without a licence that was issued under this Act, the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act or a law of the Legislature of the Northwest Territories,

 

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