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Territorial Dredging Regulations — 8
8 The lessee shall, when so directed by the Minister, cause a survey to be made, at his own expense and in accordance with the instructions of the Surveyor General, of the area of river leased to him, and the returns of such survey shall be filed in the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development within six months after receipt by the lessee of such direction and instructions. 1998, c. 14, s. 101(F)
Territorial Dredging Regulations — 9
9 (1) The lease shall be for a term of 15 years, at the end of which time all rights that are vested in or may be claimed by the lessee under his lease shall cease and determine. (2) A lease may be renewed from time to time at the discretion of the Minister if it is shown to his satisfaction that (a) the area of the lease has not been fully dredged; and (b) the lessee has, during the term of his lease, carried on dredging operations efficiently and has otherwise complied with these Regulations.
Territorial Dredging Regulations — 10
10 The lessee shall not assign, transfer or sublet the demised premises or any portion thereof, without the consent in writing of the Minister.
Territorial Dredging Regulations — 11
11 (1) A lease of an area in the Northwest Territories issued under these Regulations is subject to the rights of any person who, prior to the issue of the lease, is entitled to or has obtained a grant of a claim under the Northwest Territories Placer Mining Regulations . (2) [Repealed, SOR/2003-116, s. 9] SOR/2003-116, s. 9
Territorial Dredging Regulations — 12
12 (1) The lessee shall, within three years from the date of his lease, have at least one dredge, of such capacity as the Minister may deem sufficient, in operation upon the area described in his lease, and shall in every year thereafter during the continuance of his lease dredge from such area not less than 20,000 cubic yards of gravel, sand or other substance. (2) If the lessee fails to furnish proof yearly, or at such times as the Minister may direct, of the efficient operation of such dredge, and of the actual work performed, the Minister may cancel the lease. (3) Upon application to that effect being made to him by any persons holding adjoining dredging leases, not exceeding five in number, the Minister may grant permission to such persons to operate each of their respective dredges on any one or more of the areas covered by such leases for a term not exceeding 10 years, and to perform on any one or more of such areas all the work required to be done on each area separately, as required by subsection (1).
Territorial Dredging Regulations — 13
13 (1) The application for a lease shall be accompanied by a fee of $5 together with the rental for the first year at the rate of $100 for each mile of river to be leased. (2) The rental for each subsequent year shall be at the rate of $10 for each mile, payable in advance. (3) All fees pertaining to a lease are set out in the schedule.
Territorial Dredging Regulations — 14
14 (1) [Repealed, SOR/2003-116, s. 10] (2) On or before April 1st in each year, the lessee shall pay to Her Majesty upon all gold recovered from the bed of a river in the Northwest Territories under a dredging lease during the year ending December 31st immediately preceding a royalty at the rate of 1 1/4 per cent of its value. (3) On or before April 1st in each year, the lessee shall pay to Her Majesty on all minerals other than gold, including silver, recovered from the bed of a river in the Northwest Territories under a dredging lease during the year ending on December 31st immediately preceding a royalty at the rate of 2 1/2 per cent of their value. (4) On or before April 1st in each year, every person liable to pay royalty in respect of gold, silver or other minerals recovered under a lease during the year ending on December 31st immediately preceding shall, without notice or demand to that effect, in addition to any other statements or returns which may otherwise be required, deliver to the Minister or such officer as the Minister may name, a sworn statement containing (a) the name of the lessee, (b) the date of the lease, (c) the description of the lands covered by the lease, (d) the calendar year for which the statement is made, (e) the quantity and value of gold recovered and the amount of royalty thereon, and (f) the quantity and value of silver or other minerals recovered and the amount of royalty thereon. (5) Every lease issued under these Regulations shall contain a provision that the lessee shall pay royalty upon gold, silver and other minerals obtained from the beds of rivers under the lease at such rate as may from time to time be prescribed. SOR/2003-116, s. 10
Territorial Dredging Regulations — 15
15 (1) The lessee may obtain from the timber agent a permit or permits to cut, free of dues, such timber as may be necessary for the purposes of his dredging operations. (2) The permit or permits referred to in subsection (1) shall contain a description of the tract or tracts within which the timber may be cut, and the kind, dimensions and quantities of timber to be so cut. (3) The permit referred to in subsection (1), however, shall not give or be deemed to give to the holder thereof any exclusive right to the timber on the tract therein described.
Territorial Dredging Regulations — 16
16 (1) The lessee shall not interfere in any way with the general right of the public to use for navigation or other purposes the river upon which he holds a lease. (2) The free navigation of a river shall not be impeded by the deposit of tailings, and the current or stream shall not be obstructed by the accumulation of tailings. (3) If the lessee fails to comply with the requirements of subsections (1) and (2), notice may be posted, by such officer as the Minister directs, at the point where the stream has been impeded or obstructed or in the vicinity thereof, requiring such defect to be remedied, and a copy of such notice shall be served upon the lessee or his agent. (4) If the lessee fails to remove, within the time set out in the notice referred to in subsection (1), the impediment or obstruction complained of, the lease may be cancelled by the Minister.
Territorial Dredging Regulations — 17
17 The lease shall provide that any person who has recorded a claim under the Northwest Territories Placer Mining Regulations 3 shall be entitled to run tailings into the river at any point thereof and to construct all works which may be necessary for properly operating his claim, but no such person shall construct a dam or wing-dam within 1,000 feet from the place where any dredge is being operated, or obstruct or interfere in any way with the operation of any dredge. 3 Revoked by SOR/61-86 SOR/2003-116, s. 11
Territorial Dredging Regulations — 18
18 The lease shall (a) reserve all roads, ways, bridges, drains and other public works and all duly authorized improvements now existing or which may hereafter be made in, upon, or under any part of the river, and the right to enter and construct the same, (b) provide that the lessee shall not damage nor obstruct any public or duly authorized ways, drains, bridges, works and improvements now or hereafter to be made upon, in, over, through or under the river, and (c) provide that the lessee shall substantially bridge or cover and protect all the cuts, flumes, ditches and sluices and all pits and dangerous places at all points where they may be crossed by a public highway or frequented path or trail to the satisfaction of the Minister.
Territorial Land Use Regulations — Territorial Land Use Regulations
Act means the Territorial Lands Act ; ( Loi )
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Class A Permit means a permit issued pursuant to section 25; ( permis de catégorie A )
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Class B Permit means a permit issued pursuant to section 27; ( permis de catégorie B )
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crossing means any bridge, causeway or structure or any embankment, cutting, excavation, land clearing or other works used or intended to be used to enable persons, vehicles or machinery to cross any stream, highway or road; ( passage )
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district oil and gas conservation engineer means a conservation engineer appointed pursuant to the Oil and Gas Production and Conservation Act ; ( ingénieur de district pour la conservation du pétrole et du gaz )
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Dominion Geodesist means the Dominion Geodesist and Director of the Geodetic Survey, in the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources; ( géodésien fédéral )
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engineer means, with respect to particular lands, the engineer designated by the Minister pursuant to section 4 to serve the area in which the lands are located; ( ingénieur )
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geophysical survey means any investigation carried out on the surface of the ground to determine the nature and structure of the subsurface; ( levé géophysique )
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inspector means an inspector designated by the Minister pursuant to section 5; ( inspecteur )
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land use operation means any work or undertaking on territorial lands that requires a permit; ( exploitation des terres )
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letter of clearance means a letter issued by the engineer pursuant to section 37; ( lettre d’acquittement )
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line means a route used to give surface access to any land for the purpose of carrying out a geophysical, geological or engineering survey; ( ligne de levé )
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man-day , with respect to the use of a campsite, means the use of that campsite by one person for 24 hours; ( jour-homme )
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Minister means the Minister of Northern Affairs; ( ministre )
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monument means any post, stake, peg, mound, pit, trench or any other object, thing or device used to officially mark the boundary of any surveyed lands, or placed or established for any topographic, geodetic or cadastral purpose; ( borne-signal )
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permit means a Class A Permit or a Class B Permit; ( permis )
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permittee means the holder of a permit and includes a person engaged in a land use operation or anyone employed by a permittee to conduct a land use operation; ( détenteur de permis )
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rig release date means the date on which, in the opinion of a district oil and gas conservation engineer, a well drilled for the purpose of discovering or producing oil and gas has been properly terminated; ( date de renvoi de l’équipe )
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rock trenching means any excavation carried out on a mineral claim for the purpose of obtaining geological information; ( forage dans le roc )
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spud-in means the initial penetration of the ground for the purpose of drilling an oil or gas well; ( percée )
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stream means any lake, river, pond, swamp, marsh, channel, gully, coulee or draw that continuously or intermittently contains water; ( cours d’eau )
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Surveyor General means the Surveyor General as defined in the Canada Lands Surveys Act ; ( arpenteur général )
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territorial lands [Repealed, SOR/2016-132, s. 1]
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 3
3 The following lands are set apart and appropriated as land management zones, and these Regulations apply in those zones: (a) the areas of the Northwest Territories that are under the control, management and administration of the Minister and that are not part of the Mackenzie Valley unless otherwise provided for in the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act ; and (b) the areas of Nunavut that are under the control, management and administration of the Minister. SOR/2003-126, s. 6; SOR/2016-132, s. 3
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 4
4 The Minister may designate any officer of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development as an engineer for the purposes of these Regulations. SOR/82-217, s. 1; SOR/88-169, s. 2
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 5
5 The Minister may designate any person as an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations.
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 6
6 These Regulations do not apply to (a) anything done by a resident of the Northwest Territories or Nunavut in the normal course of hunting, fishing or trapping; (b) anything done in the course of prospecting, staking or locating a mineral claim unless it requires a use of equipment or material that normally requires a permit; (c) lands whose surface rights have all been disposed of by the Minister; and (d) and (e) [Repealed, SOR/2003-126, s. 7] (f) land-use operations in the Mackenzie Valley, as that area is defined in section 2 of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act , other than (i) a land-use operation authorized by a permit issued under these Regulations prior to the coming into force of Part 3 of that Act, (ii) a land-use operation for which an application for a permit under these Regulations was pending on the coming into force of Part 3 of that Act, and (iii) a land-use operation in respect of which an application is made under section 156 of that Act. SOR/88-169, s. 3; SOR/98-430, s. 1; SOR/2003-126, s. 7; SOR/2016-132, s. 4
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 7
7 A person shall not engage in a land use operation except in accordance with these Regulations, the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act , the Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act and any regulations made under those Acts. SOR/2016-132, s. 5
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 8
8 No person shall, without a Class A Permit, carry on any work or undertaking on territorial lands that involves (a) the use, in any 30-day period, of more than 150 kg of explosives; (b) the use, except on a public road or trail maintained wholly or in part by federal funds, of any vehicle that exceeds 10 t net vehicle weight; (c) the use of any power driven machinery for earth drilling purposes whose operating weight, excluding the weight of drill rods or stems, bits, pumps and other ancillary equipment, exceeds 2.5 t; (d) the establishment of any campsite that is to be used for more than 400 man-days; (e) the establishment of any petroleum fuel storage facility exceeding 80 000 l capacity or the use of a single container for the storage of petroleum fuel that has a capacity exceeding 4 000 l; (f) the use of any self-propelled power driven machine for moving earth or clearing land of vegetation; (g) the use of any stationary power driven machine for hydraulic prospecting, moving earth or clearing land, other than a power saw; or (h) the levelling, grading, clearing, cutting or snowploughing of any line, trail or right-of-way exceeding 1.5 m in width and exceeding 4 ha in area.
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 9
9 No person shall, without a Class B Permit, carry on any work or undertaking on territorial lands that involves (a) the use, in any 30-day period, of more than 50 kg but less than 150 kg of explosives; (b) the use, except on a public road or trail maintained wholly or in part by federal funds, of any vehicle that is more than 5 t but less than 10 t net vehicle weight, or the use of any vehicle of any weight that exerts pressure on the ground in excess of 35 k pa; (c) the use of any power driven machinery for earth drilling purposes whose operating weight, excluding the weight of drill rods or stems and bits, pumps and other ancillary equipment, is more than 500 kg but less than 2.5 t; (d) the establishment of any campsite that is to be used by more than two people for more than 100 but less than 400 man-days; (e) the establishment of any petroleum fuel storage facility that has a capacity of more than 4 000 l but less than 80 000 l or the use of a single container for the storage of petroleum fuel that has a capacity of more than 2 000 l but less than 4 000 l; or (f) the levelling, grading, clearing, cutting or snowploughing of any line, trail or right-of-way exceeding 1.5 m in width but not exceeding 4 ha in area.
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 10
10 No permittee shall, unless expressly authorized in his permit or expressly authorized in writing by an inspector, (a) conduct a land use operation within 30 m of a known monument or a known or suspected historic or archaeological site or burial site; (b) when excavating territorial land within 100 m of any stream, excavate at a point that is below the normal high water mark of that stream; (c) deposit on the bed of any stream any excavated material; or (d) when placing a fuel or supply cache within 100 m of any stream, place the fuel or supply cache below the normal high water mark of that stream. SOR/2016-132, s. 6
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 11
11 Every person who establishes a fuel cache of more than 400 l and less than 4 000 l on territorial land for which a permit is not required shall, within 30 days of the establishment thereof, notify the engineer in writing, giving details of the cache including the amount and type of fuel, size of containers and method of storage and proposed date of removal of the cache. SOR/88-169, s. 6(E)
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 12
12 Subject to the terms and conditions of his permit or the express written authority of an inspector, every permittee shall replace all materials removed by him in the course of excavating, other than rock trenching, and shall level and compact the area of the excavation.
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 13
13 (1) Subject to the terms and conditions of his permit or the express written authority of an inspector, every permittee shall (a) remove any material or debris deposited in any stream in the course of a land use operation, whether for the purpose of constructing a crossing or otherwise, and (b) restore the channel and bed of the stream to their original alignment and cross-section, prior to the completion of the land use operation or prior to the commencement of spring break-up, whichever occurs first. (2) Subsection (1) does not permit any person to deposit any material or debris in a stream contrary to the Fisheries Act , the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act , the Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act or any regulations made under those Acts. SOR/2016-132, s. 7
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 14
14 (1) Unless expressly authorized in a permit, no permittee shall (a) clear a new line, trail or right-of-way where there is an existing line, trail or right-of-way that he can use; (b) clear a line, trail or right-of-way wider than 10 m; or (c) while clearing a line, trail or right-of-way, leave leaners or debris in standing timber. (2) Where, in the opinion of an inspector, serious erosion may result from a land use operation, the permittee shall adopt such measures to control erosion as may be required by the inspector.
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 15
15 (1) Where a boundary monument is damaged, destroyed, moved or altered in the course of a land use operation, the permittee shall (a) report the fact immediately to the Surveyor General and pay to the Surveyor General the costs of (i) investigating such damage, destruction, movement or alteration, and (ii) restoring or re-establishing the monument to its original condition or its original place; or (b) with the prior written consent of the Surveyor General, cause the monument to be restored or re-established at his own expense. (2) Where a topographic or geodetic monument is damaged, destroyed, moved or altered in the course of a land use operation, the permittee shall (a) report the fact immediately to the Dominion Geodesist, and pay to the Dominion Geodesist the costs described in subparagraphs (1)(a)(i) and (ii); or (b) with the prior written consent of the Dominion Geodesist, cause the monument to be restored or re-established at his own expense. (3) The restoration or re-establishment of a monument pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) shall be carried out in accordance with instructions from the Surveyor General or Dominion Geodesist, as the case may be. 1998, c. 14, s. 101(F) SOR/2024-281, s. 4(E)
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 16
16 If, in the course of a land use operation, a suspected historic or archaeological site or burial site is unearthed or otherwise discovered, the permittee shall immediately (a) suspend the land use operation on the site; and (b) notify the engineer or an inspector of the location of the site and the nature of any unearthed materials, structures or artifacts. SOR/88-169, s. 6(E); SOR/2016-132, s. 8
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 17
17 (1) Subject to the terms and conditions of his permit, every permittee shall dispose of all garbage, waste and debris from any campsite used in connection with a land use operation by removal, burning or burial or by such other method as may be directed by an inspector. (2) Sanitary sewage produced in connection with land use operations shall be disposed of in accordance with the Public Health Act , R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. P-12, and any regulations and orders made under that Act. SOR/2003-126, s. 8
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 18
18 Subject to the terms and conditions of his permit, every permittee shall, after completion of a land use operation, restore the permit area as nearly as possible to the same condition as it was prior to the commencement of the land use operation.
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 19
19 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), every permittee shall, on completion of a land use operation, remove all buildings, machinery, equipment, materials and fuel drums or other storage containers used in connection with the land use operation. (2) A permittee may, with the prior written approval of the engineer, leave on territorial lands such buildings, equipment machinery and materials as the permittee deems may be required for future land use operations or other operations in the area, but any equipment, machinery or materials so left shall be stored in a manner, at a location and for a duration approved by the engineer. (3) Subject to any applicable mining legislation, a permittee may, without the prior approval of the engineer, leave diamond drill cores at a drill site on territorial lands. SOR/88-169, s. 6(E)
Territorial Land Use Regulations — 20
20 Any person may, in an emergency that threatens life, property or natural environment, carry out such operation as he deems necessary to cope with the emergency, whether or not the operation is carried out in accordance with these Regulations or any permit that he may have and such person shall immediately thereafter send a written report to the engineer describing the duration, nature and extent of the operation. SOR/88-169, s. 6(E)