First Nations Land Registry Regulations

Marginal note:Survey requirements

• 17 (1) No document that purports to

  • (a) grant an interest — or, in Quebec, a right — in first nation land or a licence for a term of 10 or more years, other than an interest, right or licence granted to a member of the first nation,

  • (b) grant a strata title, a condominium interest — or, in Quebec, a divided co-ownership right — or any similar interest or right,

  • (c) allocate or transfer lawful possession of first nation land to a first nation member, or

  • (d) expropriate an interest — or, in Quebec, a right — in first nation land for a community work or other first nation community purposes under section 28 of the Act,

  shall be registered or recorded unless the land description contained in the document consists exclusively of a reference to one or more complete parcels on a registration plan or official plan.

• Marginal note:Renewal or extension

  (2) The term of a document referred to in paragraph (1)(a) includes the period of any right of renewal or extension of the document.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to easements or, in Quebec, to servitudes.