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Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Tracts of Territorial Lands in Nunavut (Hans Island) Order (SI/2019-24)

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Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Tracts of Territorial Lands in Nunavut (Hans Island) Order

SI/2019-24

TERRITORIAL LANDS ACT

Registration 2019-05-15

Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Tracts of Territorial Lands in Nunavut (Hans Island) Order

P.C. 2019-423 2019-05-03

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to paragraph 23(a) of the Territorial Lands ActFootnote a, makes the annexed Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Tracts of Territorial Lands in Nunavut (Hans Island) Order.

Purpose

1 The purpose of this Order is to withdraw from disposal certain tracts of territorial lands in order to facilitate the negotiation and settlement of the ongoing territorial dispute with the Kingdom of Denmark.

Lands Withdrawn from Disposal

2 The tracts of territorial lands set out in the schedule, including the surface and subsurface rights to the lands, are withdrawn from disposal for a period of five years beginning on the day on which this Order is made.

SCHEDULE(Section 2)Tracts of Territorial Lands Withdrawn from Disposal (Hans Island)

Surface and Subsurface Rights to the Lands

In the Arctic Ocean, in the Nares Strait, in the Kennedy Channel; in Quad 120 B/15 as shown on the 1:50 000 scale of the National Topographic Series maps; that parcel of land, being more particularly described as follows: All of the landmass known as Hans Island, Nunavut, Canada, that lies above the mean low water mark and that contains an area of approximately 1.23 km2.

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