Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act — Y-2.2 2
Definitions 2 (1) The following definitions apply in this Act. assessment means an evaluation by a designated office, a screening by the executive committee or a review by a panel of the Board. ( évaluation ) authorization means a licence, permit or other form of approval that is issued or given by (a) the Governor in Council, a government agency, an independent regulatory agency or a municipal government, or (b) a first nation under its final agreement or a first nation law, but does not include an access order issued under the Yukon Surface Rights Board Act or a consent given by a first nation for access to settlement land in circumstances where an access order could be issued under that Act. ( autorisation ) Board means the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board established by section 8. ( Office ) category B settlement land means land that is, or is to be treated as, category B settlement land, as referred to in the definition settlement land . ( terres désignées de catégorie B ) Council means the Council for Yukon Indians or any successor to it or, in the absence of a successor, the first nations named in the schedule to the Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act . ( Conseil ) decision body , in relation to a project, means (a) a first nation, if the project is to be located wholly or partly on its settlement land and (i) the first nation has the power under the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act or under its final agreement to issue an authorization that is required for the project to be undertaken, (ii) the first nation is a proponent of the project, has the power to grant an interest in land that is required for the project to be undertaken or has received an application for financial assistance for the project, or (iii) no decision document is required for the project from any federal agency or the territorial minister; (b) the territorial minister, if any territorial agency, municipal government or territorial independent regulatory agency (i) has the power to issue an authorization that is required for the project to be undertaken, (ii) in the case of a project to be located wholly or partly on non-settlement land, is a proponent of the project, has the power to grant an interest in land that is required for the project to be undertaken or has received an application for financial assistance for the project, or (iii) is responsible for the administration of mines and minerals in category B or fee simple settlement land or Tetlit Gwich’in Yukon land, where the project involves a right to work those mines and minerals; (c) any federal agency that (i) has the power to issue an authorization that is required for the project to be undertaken, (ii) in the case of a project to be located wholly or partly on non-settlement land, is a proponent of the project, has the power to grant an interest in land that is required for the project to be undertaken or has received an application for financial assistance for the project, or (iii) is responsible for the administration of mines and minerals in category B or fee simple settlement land or Tetlit Gwich’in Yukon land, where the project involves a right to work those mines and minerals; (d) the federal minister, if the project is to be located wholly or partly on non-settlement land, no other federal agency is a decision body under paragraph (c) and (i) the territorial minister is not a decision body, or (ii) the territorial minister is a decision body and (A) the Governor in Council has the power to issue an authorization that is required for the project to be undertaken, or (B) a federal independent regulatory agency is a proponent of the project, has the power to issue such an authorization or has received an application for financial assistance for the project; or (e) the federal minister, if the project is to be located wholly on settlement land and (i) the Governor in Council or a federal independent regulatory agency has the power to issue an