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Preliminary Screening Requirement Regulations (SOR/99-12)

Regulations are current to 2024-10-30 and last amended on 2024-03-25. Previous Versions

Preliminary Screening Requirement Regulations

SOR/99-12

MACKENZIE VALLEY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT

Registration 1998-12-16

Preliminary Screening Requirement Regulations

P.C. 1998-2264  1998-12-16

Whereas, pursuant to subsection 143(1) of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management ActFootnote a, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development has consulted with the Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development of the Northwest Territories and with the first nations with regard to the proposed Preliminary Screening Requirement Regulations in the annexed form;

Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to paragraph 143(1)(b) of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management ActFootnote a, hereby makes the annexed Preliminary Screening Requirement Regulations.

Application

 For the purpose of subsection 124(1) of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act, a regulatory authority or a designated regulatory agency that receives an application for a licence, permit or other authorization required to carry out a proposed development, under a provision of a federal Act set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 or a provision of federal regulations set out in Part 2 of that Schedule, shall conduct a preliminary screening of the proposed development before the issuance of the licence, permit or authorization.

 For the purpose of subsection 124(1) of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act, a regulatory authority or a designated regulatory agency that receives an application for a licence, permit or other authorization required to carry out a proposed development, under a provision of an Act of the Northwest Territories set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2 or a provision of regulations of the Northwest Territories set out in Part 2 of that Schedule, shall conduct a preliminary screening of the proposed development before the issuance of the licence, permit or authorization.

Coming into Force

Footnote * These Regulations come into force on the day on which Part 5 of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act comes into force.

SCHEDULE 1(Section 1)Provisions of Federal Acts and Regulations

PART 1

Provisions of Federal Acts

Column 1Column 2Column 3
ItemActProvisionLimitations
1Explosives Actparagraph 7(1)(a)Excludes magazine licences
2Fisheries Act
  • (a) paragraph 34.4(2)(b)

  • (b) paragraph 35(2)(b)

3Indian Act
  • (a) subsection 18(2)

  • (b) subsection 28(2)

  • (c) subsection 35(1)

  • (d) paragraph 58(4)(b)

4Canadian Navigable Waters Act
  • (a) subsection 5(1)

  • (b) subsection 7(1)

5Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act
  • (a) paragraph 5(1)(b)

  • (b) subsection 5.1(4)

6Radiocommunication Actparagraph 5(1)(f)
7Railway Safety Actsubsection 10(1)
8Canada Transportation Act
  • (a) subsection 98(2)

  • (b) subsection 99(3)

  • (c) subsection 101(3)

9Nuclear Safety and Control Actsubsection 24(2)
10Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act
  • (a) subsection 59(1)

Excludes approval of an assignment of a land use permit
  • (b) subsection 60(1)

Excludes cancellation and approval of an assignment of a water licence
  • (c) paragraph 60(1.1)(a)

Excludes suspension, cancellation and approval of an assignment of a water licence
11Canada National Parks Act
  • (a) paragraph 14(3)(c)

  • (b) paragraph 15(1)(c)

  • (c) subsection 41.1(2)

  • (d) subsection 41.1(3)

  • (e) subsection 41.1(4)

  • (f) subsection 41.4(1)

  • (g) subsection 41.4(2)

  • (h) subsection 41.4(3)

12Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Actsection 38
13Canadian Energy Regulator Act
  • (a) subsection 101(2)

  • (b) section 183

  • (c) subsection 214(1)

  • (d) subsection 241(1)

  • (e) subsection 248(1)

  • (f) subsection 262(1)

  • (g) subsection 277(2)

  • (h) subsection 338(1)

PART 2

Provisions of Federal Regulations

Column 1Column 2Column 3
ItemRegulationsProvisionLimitations
Indian Act
1Indian Reserve Waste Disposal Regulationssection 5
2Indian Timber Regulations
  • (a) subsection 5(1)

  • (b) section 9

  • (c) subsection 22(1)

Indian Oil and Gas Act
3Indian Oil and Gas Regulations
  • (a) subsection 29(2)

  • (b) subsection 44(1)

  • (c) subsection 56(1)

Railway Safety Act
4Ammonium Nitrate Storage Facilities Regulations
  • (a) subsection 5(1)

  • (b) subsection 5(2)

  • (c) subsection 6(1)

5Anhydrous Ammonia Bulk Storage Regulationssection 6
6Chlorine Tank Car Unloading Facilities Regulations
  • (a) subsection 6(1)

  • (b) subsection 6(2)

7Flammable Liquids Bulk Storage Regulationssection 6
8Liquefied Petroleum Gases Bulk Storage Regulationssection 6
Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994
9Migratory Birds Regulations, 2022
  • (a) section 9

  • (b) subsection 12(1)

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act
10Mackenzie Valley Land Use Regulations
  • (a) paragraph 22(2)(a)

  • (b) subparagraph 23(b)(i)

Canada National Parks Act
11National Parks Building Regulationssubsection 5(1)
12National Parks General Regulations
  • (a) subsection 11(1)

  • (b) subsection 12(1)

  • (c) section 17

  • (d) subsection 18(1)

13National Parks Wildlife Regulations
  • (a) paragraph 15(1)(a)

  • (b) paragraph 15(1)(c)

14National Historic Parks General Regulations
  • (a) subsection 3(2)

  • (b) subsection 4(2)

  • (c) section 10

15National Parks of Canada Lease and Licence of Occupation Regulations
  • (a) paragraph 3(1)(e)

  • (b) paragraph 18(1)(e)

16National Parks of Canada Businesses Regulationssection 4.1
Canada National Parks Act and Financial Administration Act
17National Historic Parks Wildlife and Domestic Animals Regulations
  • (a) paragraph 5(1)(a)

  • (b) paragraph 5(1)(c)

  • SOR/2009-306, ss. 1(F), 2(E), 3(F), 4(E), 5(E), 6(F), 7(E), 8(F), 9 to 12(E), 13 to 15(F), 16(E), 17 to 20(F), 21(E), 22(F), 23(F), 24(E), 25(F), 26(F), 27 to 30(E), 31(F), 32 to 34(E), 35(F), 36(F), 37(E), 38(F), 42(E), 43(F), 44(F), 45(E)
  • SOR/2014-73, ss. 1(F), 2(E), 3(F), 4(E), 5
  • SOR/2022-109, s. 1(E)
  • SOR/2022-109, s. 2(F)
  • SOR/2024-47, s. 1

SCHEDULE 2(Section 2)Provisions of Northwest Territories Acts and Regulations

PART 1

Provisions of Northwest Territories Acts

Column 1Column 2Column 3
ItemActProvisionLimitations
1Forest Protection Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. F-10section 21Applies only to the issuance of a permit referred to in subsection 11(1) of that Act for areas greater than 250 m2
2Wildlife Act, S.N.W.T. 2013, c. 30subsection 76(1)
3Oil and Gas Operations Act, S.N.W.T. 2014, c. 14
  • (a) paragraph 10(1)(b)

  • (b) subsection 14(4)

PART 2

Provisions of Northwest Territories Regulations

Column 1Column 2Column 3
ItemRegulationsProvisionLimitations
1Forest Management Regulations, R.R.N.W.T. 1990, c. F-14 (Forest Management Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. F-9)paragraph 5(1)(a)Applies only to the issuance of a permit referred to in paragraph 2(1)(a) of those Regulations for volumes of timber greater than 1000 m3 and the issuance of a licence referred to in paragraph 2(2)(a) of those Regulations
2Pesticide Regulations, R.R.N.W.T. 1990, c. P-2 (Pesticide Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. P-4)subsection 3(1)
3Wildlife Business Regulations, N.W.T. Reg. R-069-97 (Wildlife Act, S.N.W.T. 2013, c. 30)subsection 2(1)Applies only to outfitter licences, tanner licences, game ranch licences, fur farm licences, commercial wildlife licences and taxidermist licences
4Reindeer Regulations, N.W.T. Reg. R-011-2014 (Reindeer Act, S.N.W.T. 2014, c. 16)paragraph 4(1)(b)

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