Nunavut Planning and Project Assessment Act — N-28.75 69
Duty — licences, etc. 69 (1) Each regulatory authority must, to the extent of its authority to do so, ensure that any licence, permit or other authorization that it issues implements any applicable requirements of any applicable land use plan, including those identified under subsection 48 (4). Minor variances and ministerial exemptions (2) If a minor variance or a ministerial exemption has been granted in respect of a project under paragraph 81 (2)(a) or 82 (2)(a), as the case may be, subsection (1) does not apply in respect of the requirements for that project in respect of which the variance or exemption was granted. New prohibitions (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to land uses that, (a) in the case of a project referred to in subsection 207 (1), are prohibited by a land use plan approved after the day on which the project proposal was submitted in accordance with section 76 or by amendments made to a land use plan after that day; (b) in the case of a project referred to in subsection 207 (2) or paragraph 208 (1)(a), are prohibited by a land use plan approved after the day on which the carrying out of the project was authorized under Part 3 or by amendments made to a land use plan after that day; (c) in the case of the rebuilding of a work referred to in paragraph 208 (1)(b), are prohibited by a land use plan approved after the day on which the carrying out of the project to which the work relates was authorized under Part 3 or by amendments made to a land use plan after that day; (d) in the case of a project referred to in subsection 208 (6) relating to a project that has been stopped or shut down for five years or more, are prohibited by a land use plan approved after the day on which the carrying out of the original project was authorized under Part 3 or by amendments made to a land use plan after that day; or (e) in the case of a project referred to in subsection 208 (6) relating to the rebuilding of a work that has been closed for five years or more, are prohibited by a land use plan approved after the day on which the carrying out of the original project to which the work relates was authorized under Part 3 or by amendments made to a land use plan after that day. New terms and conditions (4) For greater certainty, subsection (1) applies, in the case of a project described in any of paragraphs (3)(a) to (e), in relation to terms and conditions in respect of land uses that are set out in a land use plan approved after the day set out in the relevant paragraph or that are set out in amendments made to a land use plan after that day. Additional or more stringent requirements (5) For greater certainty, a regulatory authority may impose, to the extent of its authority to do so, requirements that are in addition to, or more stringent than, those referred to in subsection (1). Consultation (6) A regulatory authority may consult the Commission with a view to determining the most effective means of complying with its obligation under subsection (1) and may, for that purpose, send a draft licence, permit or other authorization to the Commission in order to obtain its comments and recommendations.