Yukon Surface Rights Board Act — Y-4.3 2
Definitions 2 In this Act, Board means the Yukon Surface Rights Board established by section 8; ( Office ) category A settlement land means, in relation to a final agreement, land that has been (a) identified or declared pursuant to the final agreement, or designated pursuant to section 63, as category A settlement land, or (b) identified in a self-government agreement as land to which the final agreement is to apply as if it were category A settlement land, and that has not ceased to be settlement land in accordance with the final agreement; ( terre désignée de catégorie A ) category B settlement land means, in relation to a final agreement, land that has been (a) identified or declared pursuant to the final agreement, or designated pursuant to section 63, as category B settlement land, or (b) identified in a self-government agreement as land to which the final agreement is to apply as if it were category B settlement land, and that has not ceased to be settlement land in accordance with the final agreement; ( terre désignée de catégorie B ) cost of construction , in respect of a hydro-electric or water storage facility, means the aggregate of the following costs: (a) the costs of constructing civil structures, (b) the costs of reservoir and site clearing, (c) the costs of constructing access routes, (d) electrical and mechanical costs, (e) design costs, including the cost of socio-economic and environmental studies required for any application to construct or operate the facility, (f) engineering and construction management costs, and (g) in the case of a hydro-electric facility, the costs of constructing transmission lines to a grid; ( coûts de construction ) Council for Yukon Indians includes any successor to the Council for Yukon Indians and, in the absence of any successor, the first nations referred to in the definition Yukon first nation , whether or not their land claims agreement has been added to Part I of Schedule I; ( Conseil des Indiens du Yukon ) Crown land means land vested in Her Majesty in right of Canada, whether the administration and control thereof is appropriated to the Commissioner of the Yukon Territory or not, but does not include settlement land; ( terre domaniale ) existing mineral right means a mineral right, other than a right to locate a claim or an unrecorded right to explore for minerals, other than oil and gas, existing at the date the affected land became settlement land, and includes (a) a renewal or replacement of such a mineral right after that date, (b) a licence, permit or other right in respect of oil or gas granted after that date as of right to a person holding such a mineral right, and (c) a licence, permit or other right in respect of mines or minerals granted after that date pursuant to the Yukon Quartz Mining Act or the Yukon Placer Mining Act to a person holding such a mineral right; ( droit minier existant ) fee simple settlement land means, in relation to a final agreement, land that has been (a) identified or declared pursuant to the final agreement, or designated pursuant to section 63, as fee simple settlement land, or (b) identified in a self-government agreement as land to which the final agreement is to apply as if it were fee simple settlement land, and that has not ceased to be settlement land in accordance with the final agreement; ( terre désignée en fief simple ) final agreement means an agreement referred to in Part I of Schedule I, and includes any amendments made to it from time to time in accordance with its provisions; ( accord définitif ) fish includes (a) parts of fish, (b) shellfish, crustaceans, marine animals, marine plants and parts of them, and (c) the eggs, spawn, larvae, spat and juvenile stages of fish, shellfish, crustaceans and marine animals; ( poisson ou ressources halieutiques ) gas means natural gas and includes all substances, other than oil, that are produced in association with natural gas; ( gaz ) Government means the Government of Canada or