Nunavut Planning and Project Assessment Act — N-28.75 2
Definitions 2 (1) The following definitions apply in this Act. Agreement means the land claims agreement between the Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area and Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada that was ratified, given effect and declared valid by the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act , which came into force on July 9, 1993, and includes any amendments to that agreement made under it. ( accord ) Board means the Nunavut Impact Review Board referred to in section 18 . ( Version anglaise seulement ) Commission means the Nunavut Planning Commission referred to in section 10 . ( Version anglaise seulement ) conservation area means an area listed in Schedule 9-1 to the Agreement and any of the following: (a) a wildlife area established under the Canada Wildlife Act ; (b) a critical habitat, wildlife sanctuary or special management area, as defined in section 2 of the Wildlife Act , S.Nu. 2003, c. 26; (c) a migratory bird sanctuary prescribed under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 ; (d) a wetland of international importance, as defined in Article 2 of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, concluded at Ramsar on February 2, 1971 and in force in Canada on May 15, 1981, that is designated by the Government of Canada; (e) a marine protected area designated under paragraph 35(3)(a) of the Oceans Act ; (f) a protected marine area established under subsection 4.1(1) of the Canada Wildlife Act ; (g) a Canadian heritage river referred to in paragraph 4(1)(b) of the Parks Canada Agency Act ; (h) a historic place designated under the Historic Sites and Monuments Act ; (i) a historic place designated under the Historical Resources Act , R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. H-3; and (j) any other area of particular significance for ecological, cultural, archaeological, research or similar reasons, if established under an Act of Parliament or territorial law. ( aire de préservation ) department or agency means (a) a department, agency or other portion of the federal public administration; and (b) a department, agency or other division of the public service of Nunavut. ( ministère ou organisme ) designated area means the area that consists of the Nunavut Settlement Area and the Outer Land Fast Ice Zone. ( région désignée ) designated Inuit organization means (a) Tunngavik or, in respect of a provision of this Act, the organization designated in the public record, which is maintained by Tunngavik under the Agreement, as being responsible for the exercise of any power or the performance of any duty or function under the corresponding provision of the Agreement; or (b) in respect of Inuit owned lands in the areas of equal use and occupancy, Makivik acting jointly with the organization determined under paragraph (a). ( organisation inuite désignée ) federal Minister means, other than in the definition proponent in this subsection, section 68 , the definition responsible Minister in subsection 73 (1), subsections 135 (5), 136 (1) and 149 (2), paragraph 152 (1)(b), section 173 and subsection 189 (1), the Minister of Northern Affairs. ( ministre fédéral ) interested corporation or organization means, for the purposes of section 43 and subsections 50 (2), 101 (4) and 120 (5), a corporation or other organization that has given written notice to the Commission, the Board or any federal environmental assessment panel, as the case may be, of its interest in providing comments. ( intéressée ) Inuit of northern Quebec means the Inuit of northern Quebec within the meaning of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement that was approved, given effect and declared valid by the James Bay and Northern Quebec Native Claims Settlement Act , S.C. 1976-77, c. 32. ( Inuits du Nord québécois ) Inuktitut includes Inuinnaqtun. ( inuktitut ) land includes, for the purposes of Parts 1 and 3 to 6, land covered by waters, whether in the onshore or offshore. ( terres ) land use plan does not include a municipal land use plan. ( plan d