Northwest Territories Act — N-27.05 2
Definitions 2 The following definitions apply in this Act. Aboriginal party means an Aboriginal organization that is a party to the Agreement. ( partie autochtone ) Agreement means the Northwest Territories Lands and Resources Devolution Agreement that was made on June 25, 2013, as amended from time to time. ( accord ) federal appurtenant undertaking means an undertaking in relation to which a use of waters or a deposit of waste is permitted by a licence and that is (a) related to remediation that is performed by or on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada (i) under the Agreement, or (ii) in respect of an Excepted Waste Site as defined in section 1.1 of the Agreement; or (b) located on public lands that are under the administration of a federal minister. ( entreprise fédérale en cause ) former Act means the Northwest Territories Act , chapter N-27 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. ( ancienne loi ) gas means natural gas — including coal-bed methane — and all substances other than oil that are produced in association with natural gas. ( gaz ) Gwich’in Agreement means the Agreement as defined in section 2 of the Gwich’in Land Claim Settlement Act . ( accord gwichin ) Inuvialuit Final Agreement means the Agreement as defined in section 2 of the Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act . ( Convention définitive des Inuvialuits ) line of delimitation means the Line of Delimitation that is described in Schedule 18 to the Agreement. ( ligne de démarcation ) minerals means precious or base metals or other non-living naturally occurring substances — including coal, but not including oil, gas or water — that are, or were before their production, part of the land, whether solid, liquid or gaseous. ( ressources minérales ) Minister means the Minister of Northern Affairs. ( ministre ) Northwest Territories means that part of Canada that is north of the 60th parallel of north latitude, west of the boundary described in Schedule I to the Nunavut Act and not within Yukon. ( Territoires du Nord-Ouest ) oil means (a) crude petroleum — regardless of gravity — that is produced at a well-head in liquid form; or (b) any other hydrocarbons — except coal and gas — including hydrocarbons that may be extracted or recovered from surface or subsurface deposits, including deposits of oil sand, bitumen, bituminous sand or oil shale and other types of deposits. ( pétrole ) onshore means that part of Canada that is north of the 60th parallel of north latitude, west of the boundary described in Schedule I to the Nunavut Act and not within Yukon that consists of the following lands: (a) lands, including lands under water, that lie landward of the low-water line — or in respect of Inuvialuit lands as defined in section 2 of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement, landward of the mean or ordinary high-water mark — of the sea coast of the mainland or of the sea coast of any naturally occurring permanent island; (b) lands under water that are within small enclosed bays along the sea coast of the mainland or the sea coast of any naturally occurring permanent island; and (c) lands, including lands under water, that lie landward of the line of delimitation and seaward of the low-water line — or in respect of lands that are contiguous with the sea coast of Inuvialuit lands as defined in section 2 of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement, seaward of the mean or ordinary high-water mark — of the sea coast of the mainland. It does not include lands that lie seaward of the line of delimitation, other than those lands — including lands under water — that lie landward of the low-water line of the sea coast of those naturally occurring permanent islands and those lands under water that are within small enclosed bays along the sea coast of those islands. ( région intracôtière ) public lands means (a) lands — including minerals, oil, gas, timber or wood and buildings, structures, improvements or other fixtures — that are situated in the onshore and that belong to Her Majest