Nunavut Planning and Project Assessment Act — N-28.75 2
titut ) 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’aménagement ) Makivik means the Corporation established by An Act respecting the Makivik Corporation , R.S.Q., c. S-18.1, representing the Inuit of northern Quebec. ( Makivik ) marine conservation area means a marine conservation area or reserve as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act . ( aire marine de préservation ) municipality means a municipality or settlement as defined in subsection 28(1) of the Interpretation Act , R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. I-8, as amended for Nunavut under section 76.05 of the Nunavut Act . ( municipalité ) national park means a park or park reserve as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Canada National Parks Act . ( parc national ) park means a national park, a territorial park or a marine conservation area. ( parc ) project means the carrying out, including the construction, operation, modification, decommissioning or abandonment, of a physical work or the undertaking or carrying out of a physical activity that involves the use of land, waters or other resources. It does not include (a) the undertaking or carrying out of a work or activity if its adverse ecosystemic impacts are manifestly insignificant, taking into account in particular the factors set out in paragraphs 90 (a) to (i); (b) the undertaking or carrying out of a work or activity that is part of a class of works or activities prescribed by regulation; or (c) the construction, operation or maintenance of a building or the provision of a service, within a municipality, that does not have ecosystemic impacts outside the municipality and does not involve the deposit of waste by a municipality, the bulk storage of fuel, the production of nuclear or hydro-electric power or any industrial activities. ( projet ) proponent means a person or entity, including a federal, provincial or territorial minister, department or agency, a municipality or a designated Inuit organization, that proposes the carrying out of a project. ( promoteur ) regulatory authority means a minister — other than for the purposes of section 197 —, a department or agency, a municipality or any other public body responsible for issuing a licence, permit or other authorization required by or under any other Act of Parliament or a territorial law for a project to proceed. ( autorité administrative ) territorial law means an Act of the Legislature for Nunavut. ( loi territoriale ) territorial Minister means, other than in the definition proponent in this subsection, paragraph 19 (2)(d), section 68 , the definition responsible Minister in subsection 73 (1), subsections 94 (5), 135 (5), 136 (1) and 149 (2), paragraph 152 (1)(b), section 173 , subsection 189 (1) and paragraph 200 (2)(c), the Minister of Environment for Nunavut. ( ministre territorial ) Tunngavik means Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, a corporation without share capital incorporated under Part II of the Canada Corporations Act , R.S.C. 1970, c. C-32, and any successor to that corporation. ( Tunngavik ) waters means inland waters on or below the surface of land and marine waters, whether in a liquid or solid state. ( eaux ) Definitions from Agreement (2) In this Act (a) ecosystemic has the same meaning as in section 12.1.1 of the Agreement; (b) Inuit owned lands , marine areas , Nunavut Settlement Area , Outer Land Fast Ice Zone , territorial park and wildlife have the same meaning as in section 1.1.1 of the Agreement; and (c) areas of equal use and occupancy has the same meaning as in section 40.2.2 of the Agreement. Interpretation (3) For greater certainty, in this Act the issuance of a licence, permit or other authorization, includes a renewal, an amendment or an extension of its period of validity. 2013, c. 14, s. 2 “2” 2019, c. 29, s. 374