Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act — M-0.2 137.4
Development certificate 137.4 (1) The Review Board shall issue a development certificate to the person or body that proposes to carry out the development if (a) the federal Minister and the responsible ministers adopt, under subsection 135(1), with or without modifications, the review panel’s recommendation, set out in the report made under subsection 134(2), that the proposal for the development be approved, with or without mitigative or remedial measures or a follow-up program, and neither the designated regulatory agency nor the Tlicho Government rejects that recommendation under paragraph 137(1)(b) or 137.1(1)(b), respectively; or (b) the federal Minister and the responsible ministers reject, under subsection 135(1), the review panel’s recommendation, set out in the report made under subsection 134(2), that the proposal for the development be rejected and, if applicable, the designated regulatory agency and the Tlicho Government reject that recommendation under paragraph 137(1)(b) or 137.1(1)(b), respectively. Content of certificate (2) A development certificate shall indicate that the environmental impact review 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 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 or programs: (a) if the federal Minister and the responsible ministers agree to adopt, without modifications, a recommendation made under subsection 134(2) to approve the proposal for the development with mitigative or remedial measures or a follow-up program, the measures or the program that is to be implemented, in whole or in part, by that person or body as specified in the recommendation; (b) if the federal Minister and the responsible ministers agree to adopt, with modifications, a recommendation made under subsection 134(2) to approve the proposal for the development with mitigative or remedial measures or a follow-up program, the measures or the program that is to be implemented, in whole or in part, by that person or body as specified by those ministers in their decision made under paragraph 135(1)(b); (c) if the federal Minister and the responsible ministers agree to adopt, with modifications, a recommendation made under subsection 134(2) to approve the proposal for the development without mitigative or remedial measures or a follow-up program, the measures or the program that is to be implemented, in whole or in part, by that person or body as specified by those ministers in their decision made under paragraph 135(1)(b); or (d) if the federal Minister and the responsible ministers agree to reject a recommendation made under subsection 134(2) to reject the proposal for the development, the mitigative or remedial measures or the follow-up program that is to be implemented, in whole or in part, by that person or body as specified by those ministers in their decision made under paragraph 135(1)(b). Time limit (4) A development certificate shall be issued 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 136(2).