Impact Assessment Act — I-2.75 2
s directs ou accessoires négatifs ) direct or incidental effects [Repealed, 2024, c. 17, s. 271] effects means, unless the context requires otherwise, changes to the environment or to health, social or economic conditions and the positive and negative consequences of these changes. ( effets ) effects within federal jurisdiction [Repealed, 2024, c. 17, s. 271] enforcement officer means a person or a member of a class of persons designated as an enforcement officer under subsection 120 (1). ( agent de l’autorité ) environment means the components of the Earth, and includes (a) land, water and air, including all layers of the atmosphere; (b) all organic and inorganic matter and living organisms; and (c) the interacting natural systems that include components referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b). ( environnement ) federal authority means (a) a Minister of the Crown in right of Canada; (b) an agency of the Government of Canada or a parent Crown corporation , as defined in subsection 83(1) of the Financial Administration Act , or any other body established by or under an Act of Parliament that is ultimately accountable through a Minister of the Crown in right of Canada to Parliament for the conduct of its affairs; (c) any department or departmental corporation that is set out in Schedule I, I.1 or II to the Financial Administration Act ; and (d) any other body that is set out in Schedule 1. It does not include the Executive Council of — or a minister, department, agency or body of the government of — Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, a council of the band within the meaning of the Indian Act , Export Development Canada or the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. It also does not include a Crown corporation , as defined in subsection 83 (1) of the Financial Administration Act , that is a wholly-owned subsidiary , as defined in that subsection, a harbour commission established under the Harbour Commissions Act or a not-for-profit corporation that enters into an agreement under subsection 80(5) of the Canada Marine Act , that is not set out in Schedule 1. ( autorité fédérale ) federal lands means (a) lands that belong to Her Majesty in right of Canada, or that Her Majesty in right of Canada has the power to dispose of, and all waters on and airspace above those lands, other than lands under the administration and control of the Commissioner of Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut; (b) the following lands and areas: (i) the internal waters of Canada, in any area of the sea not within a province, (ii) the territorial sea of Canada, in any area of the sea not within a province, (iii) the exclusive economic zone of Canada, and (iv) the continental shelf of Canada; and (c) reserves, surrendered lands and any other lands that are set apart for the use and benefit of a band and that are subject to the Indian Act , and all waters on and airspace above those reserves or lands. ( territoire domanial ) follow-up program means a program for verifying the accuracy of the impact assessment of a designated project and determining the effectiveness of any mitigation measures. ( programme de suivi ) impact assessment means an assessment of the effects of a designated project that is conducted in accordance with this Act. ( évaluation d’impact ) Indigenous governing body means a council, government or other entity that is authorized to act on behalf of an Indigenous group, community or people that holds rights recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 . ( corps dirigeant autochtone ) Indigenous knowledge means the Indigenous knowledge of the Indigenous peoples of Canada. ( connaissances autochtones ) Indigenous peoples of Canada has the meaning assigned by the definition aboriginal peoples of Canada in subsection 35(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982 . ( peuples autochtones du Canada ) Internet site means the Internet site that is established under section 105 . ( site Internet ) jurisdiction means (a) a feder