Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Act — S-4.3 (a)
In this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the meanings hereafter ascribed to them, namely: Act means the Indian Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. I-5, and the regulations made thereunder, as amended from time to time, or any federal legislation enacted in substitution therefor or in modification thereof, that is applicable to the Entitlement Bands; ( Loi ) Agreement , this Agreement , hereto , hereof , herein , hereunder , hereby and similar expressions, and any reference to Framework Agreement refer, unless otherwise expressly stated, to this agreement, including the recitals, the Schedules and the Appendices attached hereto, and not to any particular article, section, subsection, subparagraph or other subdivision hereof or thereof; ( accord ) Discernible Surface Outlet means a defined and ascertainable channel through which water normally flows for not less than seven (7) consecutive days each year; ( débouché visible en surface ) Entitlement Band means any of those twenty-six (26) Bands (which, for greater certainty, excludes the Nekaneet Band of Indians of Saskatchewan) in respect of which: (a) Canada has, prior to the Execution Date, accepted for negotiation a claim for outstanding Treaty land entitlement under the terms of Treaty Number Four, Treaty Number Six or Treaty Number Ten; and (b) its Chief is now a signatory hereto or, alternatively, hereafter becomes a signatory hereto in accordance with the provisions of Article 10; ( bande ayant droit à des terres ) Entitlement Land means Lands, Minerals or Improvements in Saskatchewan hereafter Purchased and which are intended to be set apart as an Entitlement Reserve pursuant to the provisions of a Band Specific Agreement, the Trust Agreement and this Agreement; ( terres dues en vertu d’un traité ) Entitlement Reserve means Entitlement Land which is set apart by Canada as a Reserve for the use and benefit of an Entitlement Band in accordance with its Band Specific Agreement and this Agreement; ( nouvelle réserve ) Improvements means all buildings or structures erected or placed on, over or under Land and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, includes, without limitation, anything affixed to or incorporated therein, the plant and equipment of any oil or gas well or mine, any pipeline on or under Land, fencing, and any dugouts or other alterations to Land designed to facilitate the collection and retention of water; ( améliorations ) Land or Lands means real property, chattels real, or any interests therein or in the nature thereof and, unless the context otherwise requires, excludes Minerals and Improvements; ( terre ou terres ) Member means, in respect of a particular Entitlement Band, a member of such Entitlement Band within the meaning of the Act and shall include all registered Indians recorded on the Department’s Indian Register in respect of the Entitlement Band; ( membre ) Minerals means any non-viable substance formed by the processes of nature, irrespective of chemical or physical state, and includes such substances both before and after extraction, or any interest in the same, and further includes any interest or improvement in the nature of a mine but does not include any surface or ground water, agricultural soil, sand or gravel; ( minéraux ) Purchase or Purchased means a purchase of Land, Minerals or Improvements by the Trustees or an agent of an Entitlement Band in accordance with the requirements of its Trust Agreement and Band Specific Agreement, and may include the acquisition of ownership rights by means other than a transaction of purchase and sale; ( achat ou acheté ) Road Allowance means land held by Saskatchewan which was at any time intended for use by the general public for the passage of vehicles, whether actually used for that purpose or not; ( réserves de chemin ) Treaties means, collectively, Treaty Number Four, Treaty Number Six, and Treaty Number Ten, and Treaty means any one of such Treaties; ( traités ) Waterbody means any rive