Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act — M-0.2 131.3
Development certificate 131.3 (1) The Review Board shall issue a development certificate to the person or body that proposes to carry out the development if (a) the Review Board has made a determination under paragraph 128(1)(a) relating to that development and neither an order nor a referral is made under either paragraph 130(1)(a) or (c) relating to that development within 10 days after the day on which the Review Board receives confirmation that the federal Minister received its report relating to that determination made under subsection 128(2); or (b) the federal Minister and the responsible ministers adopt, under paragraph 130(1)(b), with or without modifications, the Review Board’s recommendation made under subparagraph 128(1)(b)(ii) and neither the designated regulatory agency nor the Tlicho Government rejects that recommendation under paragraph 131(1)(b) or 131.1(1)(b), respectively. Content of certificate (2) A development certificate shall indicate that the environmental assessment of the development has been completed and that the person or body that proposes to carry out the development may carry it out if they comply with the conditions set out in the certificate, obtain any licence, permit or other authorization required under any Act of Parliament or any territorial law or Tlicho law and comply with any other requirements set out in such an Act or law. Conditions (3) A development certificate issued under paragraph (1)(b) shall set out the conditions that the person or body that proposes to carry out the development is to comply with, namely, the implementation of the following measures: (a) if the federal Minister and the responsible ministers agree to adopt, without modifications, a recommendation made under subparagraph 128(1)(b)(ii), the measures that are to be implemented, in whole or in part, by that person or body as specified in the recommendation; or (b) if the federal Minister and the responsible ministers agree to adopt a recommendation made under subparagraph 128(1)(b)(ii) with modifications, the measures that are to be implemented, in whole or in part, by that person or body as specified by those ministers in their decision made under subparagraph 130(1)(b)(ii). Time limit (4) A development certificate shall be issued, (a) in the case of paragraph (1)(a), within 20 days after the expiry of the 10-day time limit set out in that paragraph; or (b) in the case of paragraph (1)(b), within 30 days after the first day on which the Review Board has received all applicable decisions. Extension of time limit (5) The federal Minister may, at the request of the Review Board, extend the time limit referred to in subsection (4) by a maximum of 45 days to take into account circumstances that are specific to the proposal. Provision of certificate (6) The Review Board shall provide a copy of the development certificate to the federal Minister and to every first nation, local government, regulatory authority and department and agency referred to in subsection 130(4). Statutory Instruments Act (7) Development certificates are not statutory instruments for the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act .