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Critical Habitat of the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) Boreal Population Order

SOR/2019-188

SPECIES AT RISK ACT

Registration 2019-06-07

Critical Habitat of the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) Boreal Population Order

Whereas the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) Boreal population is a wildlife species that is listed as a threatened species in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk ActFootnote a;

Whereas the recovery strategy that identified the critical habitat of that species has been included in the Species at Risk Public Registry;

Whereas a portion of the critical habitat of that species is in a place referred to in subsection 58(2)Footnote b of that Act and, under subsection 58(5) of that Act, that portion must be excluded from the annexed Order;

Whereas pursuant to subsection 58(5) of that Act, the competent minister must consult with every other competent minister and whereas the Minister of the Environment is also the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency;

And whereas the Minister of the Environment is of the opinion that the annexed Order would affect land that is under the authority of other federal ministers and, pursuant to subsection 58(9) of that Act, has consulted with those Ministers with respect to the Order;

Therefore, the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk ActFootnote a, makes the annexed Critical Habitat of the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) Boreal Population Order.

Gatineau, June 4, 2019

Catherine McKenna
Minister of the Environment

Marginal note:Application

 Subsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act applies to the critical habitat of the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) Boreal population, which is identified in the recovery strategy for that species that is included in the Species at Risk Public Registry, other than the portions of that critical habitat that are

  • (a) in a place referred to in subsection 58(2) of that Act;

  • (b) found on a reserve or any other lands that are set apart for the use and benefit of a band under the Indian Act;

  • (c) on land under the authority of the Parks Canada Agency;

  • (d) in the Yukon, on lands under the administration and control of the Commissioner of the Yukon; and

  • (e) in the Northwest Territories, on lands under the administration and control of the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories.

Marginal note:Coming into force

 This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.


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