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Marginal note:Tenure11. (1) A member of the Board holds office during good behaviour but may be removed by the federal minister for cause or on any other ground set out in the by-laws of the Board.Marginal note:Loss of resident status(2) The federal minister shall remove a member from office, in conformity with the regulations, if the federal minister determines that, because of a change in that member’s place of residence, the requirements of section 9 are no longer met.Marginal note:Consultation by federal minister(3) Before a member nominated by the Council or the territorial minister is removed from office, the federal minister shall consult the Council or the territorial minister, as the case may be.
Marginal note:Reappointment12. The Chairperson, a member of the executive committee or any other member of the Board is eligible to be reappointed to the Board in the same or a different capacity.
Marginal note:Conflict of interest13. (1) A member of the Board may not participate in any business of the Board, the executive committee or a panel of the Board, if doing so would place the member in a material conflict of interest.Marginal note:Yukon Indian persons(2) A member is not in a material conflict of interest solely by virtue of being a Yukon Indian person.
Marginal note:Remuneration14. (1) Each member of the Board shall be paid the fees or other remuneration that is fixed by the federal minister.Marginal note:Expenses(2) Each member is entitled to be reimbursed for any travel and living expenses incurred by the member in the course of performing duties under this Act, while absent from the member’s ordinary place of residence, that are consistent with directives of the Treasury Board.Marginal note:Benefits(3) The members of the Board and its employees are deemed to be employees for the purposes of the Government Employees Compensation Act and to be employed in the public service of Canada for the purposes of any regulations made under section 9 of the Aeronautics Act.
Marginal note:Quorum15. (1) A quorum of the Board consists of a majority of the members holding office or three members, whichever is greater.Marginal note:Telephone or other communications(2) Subject to the rules and by-laws, participation in a meeting of the Board, the executive committee or a panel of the Board may be by means of telephone or other communications facilities that are likely to enable all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, and a person so participating is deemed to be present at the meeting.
Marginal note:Rules for designated offices31. (1) The Board shall make rules with respect to the conduct of evaluations of projects by designated offices, which may include rules providing for(a) different phases of the evaluation of projects; and(b) different types of evaluations for different categories of projects.Marginal note:Rules for designated offices(2) The Board shall make rules, applicable to evaluations of projects by designated offices, with respect to(a) the form and content of proposals submitted under paragraph 50(1)(b);(b) the determination of the scope of a project;(c) for the purposes of section 46, participation in evaluations by interested persons and the public;(d) the submission of proposals for projects located in two or more assessment districts;(e) the conduct of evaluations by two or more designated offices, jointly or by one of them on behalf of the other or others, under section 53; and(f) the periods within which designated offices must perform their functions under Part 2.Marginal note:Rules for cooperation(3) The Board may make rules with respect to cooperation by designated offices with other bodies, including the coordination of functions.Marginal note:Collaboration with designated offices(4) The Board shall seek the collaboration of the designated offices in making rules under subsections (1) to (3).Marginal note:Rules made by designated office(5) A designated office may make rules with respect to the conduct of its evaluations, including rules respecting any of the matters specified in subsections (1) to (3), but rules made by the Board prevail over rules made by a designated office to the extent of any inconsistency.
Marginal note:Standard mitigative measures32. (1) The Board may make rules with respect to the development, by a designated office or the executive committee, of standard mitigative measures referred to in section 37.Marginal note:Collaboration(2) The Board shall seek the collaboration of the designated offices in making rules under subsection (1).
Marginal note:General rules re information33. The Board shall make rules with respect to(a) the integration of scientific information, traditional knowledge and other information by designated offices, the executive committee and panels of the Board;(b) the determination of whether traditional knowledge is confidential for the purposes of paragraph 121(a); and(c) the handling of information to prevent its disclosure contrary to section 121, including the conduct of private hearings and the restriction of access to information at public hearings.
Marginal note:Publication of proposed rules34. (1) At least 60 days before making rules, the Board or a designated office shall publish a notice of any proposed rules in the Canada Gazette, in a periodical that, in its opinion, has a large circulation in Yukon and in a periodical distributed in the Gwich’in Settlement Area referred to in the Gwich’in Agreement and shall, in the notice, invite written representations to be made to it with respect to the proposed rules within 60 days after publication.Marginal note:Exception(2) No further notice need be published if the proposed rules are amended solely in response to representations made to the Board or the designated office.Marginal note:Publication of rules(3) Rules made by the Board or a designated office shall be published in the Canada Gazette immediately after they are made.
Marginal note:By-laws of Board35. The Board may make by-laws(a) for the conduct and management of its internal administrative affairs; and(b) specifying grounds for the removal of members from office other than for cause, for the purposes of subsection 11(1).
Marginal note:By-laws for designated offices36. (1) The Board may make by-laws for the conduct and management of the internal administrative affairs of all designated offices.Marginal note:Collaboration(2) The Board shall seek the collaboration of the designated offices in making by-laws applicable to them.Marginal note:By-laws made by designated office(3) A designated office may make by-laws for the conduct and management of its internal administrative affairs, but by-laws made by the Board under subsection (1) prevail over by-laws made by a designated office to the extent of any inconsistency.
Marginal note:Standard mitigation measures37. (1) A designated office may develop standard mitigative measures that can be applied to a class of projects, or to projects located within a geographic area.Marginal note:Standard mitigation measures(2) The executive committee may develop standard mitigative measures that can be applied to a class of projects or existing projects, or to projects or existing projects located within a geographic area.Marginal note:Public participation(3) The designated office and the executive committee shall provide opportunities for public participation in the development of standard mitigative measures.Marginal note:Conflict(4) Unless otherwise provided by the rules, standard mitigative measures developed by the executive committee prevail over those developed by a designated office to the extent of any inconsistency.
Marginal note:Declarations48. (1) Where an activity is listed under paragraph 47(1)(a) but is excepted under paragraph 47(1)(b), a declaration that the activity is subject to assessment may nevertheless be made, in circumstances referred to in subsection (3) or (4), by(a) a federal agency that is the proponent of the activity or that has the power to issue an authorization or to grant an interest in land required for the activity to be undertaken or has received an application for financial assistance for the activity;(b) the federal minister, if the Governor in Council has the power to issue an authorization required for the activity to be undertaken or if a federal independent regulatory agency is the proponent of the activity, has the power to issue an authorization or to grant an interest in land required for the activity to be undertaken or has received an application for financial assistance for the activity;(c) the territorial minister, if a territorial agency, a municipal government or a territorial independent regulatory agency is the proponent of the activity or has the power to issue an authorization or to grant an interest in land required for the activity to be undertaken; or(d) a first nation that is the proponent of the activity or that has the power to issue an authorization or to grant an interest in land required for the activity to be undertaken.Marginal note:Consent to declaration(2) A declaration that a particular activity is subject to assessment must be consented to by every person or body referred to in subsection (1) that has the power to make that declaration.Marginal note:Significant adverse effects(3) A declaration that an activity is subject to assessment may be made by the federal agency, federal minister, territorial minister or first nation if they are of the opinion that the activity might(a) have significant adverse environmental or socio-economic effects in or outside Yukon; or(b) contribute significantly to cumulative adverse environmental or socio-economic effects in combination with projects for which proposals have been submitted under subsection 50(1) or with other activities known to them that are proposed, undertaken or completed in or outside Yukon.Marginal note:Activity in protected area(4) A declaration that an activity is subject to assessment may also be made in respect of an activity if the activity is to be undertaken(a) in an area that contains a heritage resource, other than a record only, or that is a heritage resource, and that is for that reason protected by federal, territorial or first nation law or that is identified, in a land use plan in effect under a final agreement, as an area that should be so protected;(b) in a special management area that is identified as such in a final agreement or that is established in accordance with a final agreement; or(c) in an area that forms the habitat for any species of plant or wildlife that is determined to be rare, threatened, endangered or at risk by or under federal, territorial or first nation law.
Marginal note:Determination by Minister62. (1) Within 30 days after the Minister of the Environment receives a request made under paragraph 61(1)(b) or (c), that Minister shall notify the executive committee whether he or she agrees to the request and, in the case of paragraph 61(1)(b), of the choice made under that paragraph.Marginal note:Power of Environment Minister(2) Within 10 days after a notification under subsection 59(2), the Minister of the Environment may give notice to the decision bodies for a project that that Minister intends to appoint a review panel under subsection 33(1) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act or to enter into an agreement for the joint establishment of a review panel in accordance with paragraph 40(2)(a) of that Act.
Marginal note:Application of Canadian Environmental Assessment Act63. (1) Where the Minister of the Environment agrees to a request made under paragraph 61(1)(b) or gives notice of that Minister’s intention under subsection 62(2), the provisions of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act relating to the conduct of assessments by a review panel, or relating to agreements for the joint establishment of a review panel, as the case may be, apply in respect of the project, subject to the other provisions of this section and section 64.Marginal note:Application(2) For the purposes of subsection (1),(a) the decision bodies for the project are deemed to be responsible authorities within the meaning of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act; and(b) the executive committee has the power to enter into an agreement for the joint establishment of a review panel.Marginal note:Request for consent(3) Before appointing a review panel referred to in subsection (1) or entering into an agreement for the joint establishment of such a review panel, the Minister of the Environment shall determine whether the project will be located, or might have significant environmental or socio-economic effects, in the territory of a first nation and, if so, shall request each such first nation to indicate within 30 days after that determination whether it consents to the appointment of a review panel.Marginal note:Request for list of nominees(4) If any first nation does not indicate its consent within the period of 30 days, the Minister of the Environment shall request the Council and the territorial minister each to provide within 60 days a list of nominees for appointment to the review panel.Marginal note:When panel may be established(5) A review panel referred to in subsection (1) may be appointed and its terms of reference may be fixed only if(a) all first nations give their consent within 30 days after a request is made under subsection (3), or there are no first nations to whom subsection (3) applies; or(b) the period of 60 days referred to in subsection (4) has expired, in which case at least one quarter of the members of the review panel shall be chosen from each list of nominees, if any, provided to the Minister of the Environment within that period.Marginal note:Yukon Indian persons not in conflict(6) For the purposes of the application of paragraph 33(1)(a) or 41(b) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act in respect of a project, a member of the review panel is not in a material conflict of interest solely by virtue of being a Yukon Indian person.Marginal note:Response by responsible authority(7) In respect of a project referred to in subsection (1), if the report of a review panel established under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act is submitted to a responsible authority — within the meaning of that Act — that is not a decision body, the provisions of that Act relating to the response of a responsible authority apply in respect of the report.
Marginal note:Judicial powers of panels71. (1) A panel of the Board or a joint panel has, for the purposes of a review of a project, the powers, rights and privileges of a superior court with respect to the attendance and examination of witnesses and the production and inspection of documents and other evidence.Marginal note:Enforcement by court process(2) A summons issued or an order made by a panel of the Board or a joint panel under subsection (1) may be made a summons or order of a superior court by filing a certified copy of it with the registrar of the court and, when so made, is enforceable in the same manner as a summons or order of that court.
Marginal note:Commencement of panel review72. (1) A panel of the Board or a joint panel established to review a project shall(a) consider whether the applicable rules have been complied with and notify the proponent accordingly; and(b) commence the review as soon as possible after it notifies the proponent that, in its opinion, the applicable rules have been complied with.Marginal note:Other information(2) A panel of the Board or a joint panel may seek any information or views that it believes relevant to its review.Marginal note:Other information(3) Before making a recommendation under this section, a panel of the Board or a joint panel shall seek views about the project, and information that it believes relevant to the review, from any first nation consulted under subsection 50(3) or identified under subsection 66(3) or 68(1) and from any government agency, independent regulatory agency or first nation that has notified the executive committee of its interest in the project or in projects of that kind.Marginal note:Recommendations of panel(4) At the conclusion of its review, a panel of the Board or a joint panel shall recommend to the decision bodies for the project that(a) the project be allowed to proceed, if it determines that the project will have no significant adverse environmental or socio-economic effects in or outside Yukon;(b) the project be allowed to proceed, subject to specified terms and conditions, if it determines that the project will have significant adverse environmental or socio-economic effects in or outside Yukon that can be mitigated by those terms and conditions; or(c) the project not be allowed to proceed, if it determines that the project will have significant adverse environmental or socio-economic effects in or outside Yukon that cannot be mitigated.Marginal note:Other recipient of recommendation(5) A recommendation of a panel of the Board or a joint panel shall be made in writing with reasons and a copy provided to the proponent.
Marginal note:Review panel under Canadian Environmental Assessment Act73. When a report is made to the Minister of the Environment by a review panel under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act in respect of a project referred to in section 63, the report shall include one of the recommendations referred to in subsection 72(4), and a copy of the report shall be provided to the decision bodies for the project and to the proponent.
Marginal note:Consultation between decision bodies78. (1) Where decision documents must be issued in relation to a project by more than one decision body, the decision bodies shall, before issuing the decision documents, consult one another in accordance with the regulations with a view to making their decision documents conform.Marginal note:Consolidation of decision documents(2) Any two or more decision bodies in respect of a project may agree to consolidate their decision documents.
Marginal note:Mining interest on settlement lands79. Notwithstanding sections 75 and 76, where a project involves a right to work mines and minerals situated in category B or fee simple settlement land or Tetlit Gwich’in Yukon land, and decision documents must be issued in relation to the project by a first nation as well as by a federal decision body or the territorial minister, neither of those decision bodies may reject or vary any recommendation made in respect of the project except on the ground that a recommended term or condition is(a) insufficient to prevent unacceptable environmental or socio-economic effects in Yukon;(b) more onerous than necessary to prevent such effects; or(c) so onerous as to undermine the economic viability of the project.
Marginal note:Decision body’s reasons80. (1) A decision body shall include in a decision document the reasons for which it rejected or varied any recommendation.Marginal note:Statutory Instruments Act(2) A decision document is not a statutory instrument for the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act.
Marginal note:Distribution of decision documents81. (1) A decision body shall provide copies of a decision document to(a) every other decision body for the project;(b) the proponent of the project;(c) the designated office in whose assessment district the project is proposed to be undertaken;(d) the executive committee, if the recommendation to the decision body was made by the executive committee, a panel of the Board, a joint panel or a review panel referred to in section 63;(e) the Minister of the Environment, if the recommendation to the decision body was made by a review panel referred to in section 63;(f) any independent regulatory agency from which an authorization is required, or to which an application is made for financial assistance, to enable the project to be undertaken;(g) the Yukon Surface Rights Board, if an access order is required for the project under the Yukon Surface Rights Board Act;(h) the Yukon Territory Water Board, if a licence is required for the project under the Yukon Waters Act; and(i) any other person or body that is required to implement the decision document under subsection 82(2), 83(2) or 84(2) or (3).Marginal note:Decision not in conformity with land use plan(2) Where a decision document allows a project to be undertaken not in conformity with a land use plan referred to in section 44, the decision body shall provide a copy of the decision document to the planning commission that prepared the plan and to any person or body that approved the plan.
Marginal note:Examination by Screening Committee or Review Board91. (1) When the Screening Committee or Review Board examines a project located on the Yukon North Slope, the competent government authority that receives its report or recommendation pursuant to the Agreement shall provide a copy of the authority’s response to the report or recommendation to the Board and to the designated office in whose assessment district the project is located.Marginal note:Referral by Screening Committee to Review Board(2) Where a project located on the Yukon North Slope is referred to the Review Board by the Screening Committee,(a) the provisions of this Part relating to assessments and decision documents cease to apply in respect of the project; and(b) any panel of the Board already established to review the project shall provide the Review Board with copies of all documents relating to the project.
Collaboration and External ActivitiesMarginal note:Collaboration on projects92. (1) In the assessment of a project that forms part of an activity to be located wholly or partly in Yukon, a designated office or the executive committee shall collaborate, to the extent practicable, with any other body proposing to examine the activity’s environmental or socio-economic effects.Marginal note:Adoption of report(2) Where a body referred to in subsection (1) issues a report of its examination, the designated office or the executive committee may, in lieu of all or part of its assessment of the project, adopt any portions of the report that, in its opinion, fulfil any of the requirements of this Act.
Marginal note:External activities affecting Yukon93. (1) At the request of the federal minister or the Minister of the Environment — or at the request of the territorial minister or a first nation and at their expense, unless the federal minister consents to the request — the executive committee may, in respect of an activity outside Yukon that, in its opinion, has or will have significant adverse environmental or socio-economic effects in Yukon,(a) establish a panel of the Board to conduct a review of the activity, in accordance with an agreement entered into by the executive committee with the requesting minister or first nation; or(b) participate in a consideration of the environmental and socio-economic effects of the activity conducted by a public body outside Yukon, in a manner specified in the request and accepted by that body.Marginal note:Report by panel(2) A panel of the Board referred to in paragraph (1)(a) shall issue a report in relation to any significant adverse environmental or socio-economic effects of the activity to the proponent of the activity, the minister or first nation that requested the review and, if the federal minister consented to the request, the federal minister.Marginal note:Response to Board(3) A minister or first nation that requests a review shall provide the Board with a written response to the report of a panel of the Board.
Marginal note:Designation of members96. (1) The executive committee shall select the members of a panel of the Board, including its chairperson, from among the members of the Board.Marginal note:Determination by executive committee(2) Before the executive committee establishes a panel of the Board, it shall(a) if the request is for the review of the existing project, determine whether the existing project is having or might subsequently have significant adverse environmental or socio-economic effects primarily on settlement land of a first nation or on non-settlement land; or(b) if the request is for the review of a proposed abandonment, decommissioning, temporary shutdown or significant change, determine whether it might have significant adverse environmental or socio-economic effects primarily on settlement land of a first nation or on non-settlement land.Marginal note:Composition of panels(3) A panel of the Board shall be constituted as follows:(a) if the executive committee concludes under subsection (2) that effects are occurring or might occur primarily on settlement land, two thirds of the members of the panel must be members nominated to the Board by the Council and one third must be members, excluding the Chairperson of the Board, who are not so nominated;(b) if the executive committee concludes under subsection (2) that effects are occurring or might occur primarily on non-settlement land, one third of the members of the panel must be members nominated to the Board by the Council and two thirds must be members, excluding the Chairperson of the Board, who are not so nominated; and(c) in any other case, of the members of the panel other than its chairperson, one half must be members nominated to the Board by the Council and one half must be members who are not so nominated.Marginal note:Attendance(4) Every member of a panel of the Board must be present at each meeting or hearing of the panel.Marginal note:Vacancies(5) In the event of the absence or incapacity, or a vacancy in the office, of a member of a panel of the Board, the executive committee shall, in a manner consistent with the proportions set out in subsection (3),(a) direct some or all of the remaining members of the panel to resume the review;(b) appoint another member to the panel and direct the panel to resume or recommence the review; or(c) appoint a new panel and direct it to recommence the review.
Marginal note:Terms of reference97. (1) Subject to any specification as to the form of review referred to in subsection 95(4), the executive committee shall set the terms of reference of the panel of the Board.Marginal note:Publication of notice(2) The executive committee shall publish, in a periodical that in its opinion has a large circulation in Yukon, a notice of the establishment of a panel of the Board and of the manner in which the public may obtain copies of the panel’s terms of reference.Marginal note:Modification of terms of reference(3) If a panel’s terms of reference are modified, the executive committee shall publish in a periodical referred to in subsection (2) a notice of the manner in which the public may obtain copies of the modification and of the reasons for it.Marginal note:Distribution of terms of reference(4) The executive committee shall provide copies of the terms of reference, and of any modification made to them with the reasons for the modification, to the operator of the existing project, to any minister or first nation that requested or consented to the review, to any first nation identified under subsection 96(2) and to any government agency, independent regulatory agency or first nation that has notified the executive committee of its interest in the existing project or in existing projects of that kind.
Marginal note:Commencement of review98. (1) A panel of the Board established under section 95 shall commence its review as soon as possible after it notifies the operator and the administrative authority that, in its opinion, the applicable rules have been complied with.Marginal note:Power to require additional information(2) A panel of the Board may, before or after commencing its review, require the operator to provide any supplementary information that it considers necessary for the review.
Marginal note:Judicial powers of panels99. (1) A panel of the Board has, for the purposes of its review, the powers, rights and privileges of a superior court with respect to the attendance and examination of witnesses and the production and inspection of documents and other evidence.Marginal note:Enforcement by court process(2) A summons issued or order made by a panel of the Board under subsection (1) may be made a summons or order of a superior court by filing a certified copy of it with the registrar of the court and, when so made, is enforceable in the same manner as a summons or order of that court.
Marginal note:Preliminary determination100. (1) A panel of the Board established pursuant to a request that specified a public review shall determine whether the existing project is located on the settlement land of a first nation or on non-settlement land.Marginal note:Determination by panel(2) A panel of the Board referred to in subsection (1) shall(a) if the request is for the review of the existing project, determine whether the existing project is having, or might subsequently have, significant adverse environmental or socio-economic effects on settlement land of a first nation or on non-settlement land; or(b) if the request is for the review of a proposed abandonment, decommissioning, temporary shutdown or significant change, determine whether it might have significant adverse environmental or socio-economic effects on settlement land of a first nation or on non-settlement land.Marginal note:Location of hearings(3) A review by a panel of the Board established under section 95 may include public hearings in any location chosen by the panel and, where the request under that section is for a public review, shall include public hearings in the following locations:(a) in a community within the territory of each first nation, other than the Tetlit Gwich’in, whose settlement land is identified under subsection (1) or (2) — unless the panel and the first nation agree otherwise;(b) in a community within the Gwich’in settlement area referred to in the Gwich’in Agreement, if Tetlit Gwich’in Yukon land is settlement land identified under subsection (1) or (2) — unless the panel and the Gwich’in Tribal Council agree otherwise; and(c) in the community in Canada closest to the existing project, if non-settlement land is identified under subsection (1) or (2) — unless another location in Canada is agreed on for that purpose by the panel, the operator, the decision bodies for the project and any first nation whose settlement land is identified under subsection (1) or (2).
Marginal note:Records of Board118. The Board shall maintain(a) a register containing all documents that are produced, collected or received by the executive committee, panels of the Board and joint panels in relation to assessments, together with any documents provided to them under subsection 91(1);(b) a list of the projects, existing projects, other activities and plans for which an assessment is pending before, or has been completed by, the designated offices, the executive committee, panels of the Board and joint panels, together with their location and stage of assessment; and(c) a record of authorizations, grants of interest in land and provisions of financial assistance as reported to it pursuant to section 89.
Marginal note:Records of designated office119. Each designated office shall maintain(a) a register containing all documents that are produced, collected or received by it in relation to assessments and a copy of all documents referred to in paragraph 118(a) that relate to projects located in its assessment district, together with any documents provided to it under subsection 91(1); and(b) a list of the projects, existing projects and plans in its assessment district for which assessments are pending or have been completed, together with their location and stage of assessment.
Marginal note:Public access120. (1) Any person has the right to inspect the registers and records referred to in sections 117 to 119 during normal business hours.Marginal note:Information kept(2) The Board and the designated offices shall keep their registers and records in a manner that facilitates public access to them.
Marginal note:Information held in confidence121. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, the executive committee, the designated offices, panels of the Board and decision bodies may not disclose(a) traditional knowledge that is determined to be confidential under the applicable rules and that is provided in confidence to them for the purposes of this Act; or(b) information to any person or body that a government institution, within the meaning of the Access to Information Act, would not be required to disclose pursuant to a request by that person or body under that Act, unless(i) the provider of the information consents to its disclosure, and(ii) the person or body is not required to disclose the information pursuant to a request under a territorial or first nation law, and agrees to keep the information confidential.
Regulations and OrdersMarginal note:Regulations of Governor in Council122. The Governor in Council may, following consultation by the federal minister with the territorial minister and first nations, make regulations(a) defining “resident” for the purposes of section 9, respecting proceedings for removal of a member from office under subsection 11(2) and determining which member is to be removed if more than one member changes residence during a given period;(b) specifying any matter to be taken into consideration in the conduct of an assessment of a project or existing project, for the purposes of paragraph 42(1)(j);(c) specifying the projects for which proposals are to be submitted to the executive committee under subsection 50(1);(d) prescribing time periods for the purposes of subsection 75(1), 76(1) or 77(3);(e) respecting the manner of consultation between decision bodies under subsection 78(1);(f) specifying the types of plans that may be reviewed by a panel of the Board under subsection 105(1); and(g) establishing a funding program to facilitate the participation of specified classes of persons or groups in reviews of projects.
Marginal note:Yukon Act133. (1) On the later of the day on which this Act is assented to and the day on which section 283 of the Yukon Act, chapter 7 of the Statutes of Canada, 2002 (the “other Act”), comes into force, the portion of the definition “authorization” after paragraph (b) in subsection 2(1) of this Act is replaced by the following:but does not include an access order issued by a body established by territorial law and having jurisdiction with respect to surface rights, or a consent given by a first nation for access to settlement land in circumstances where an access order could be issued by that body.(2) On the later of the day on which this Act is assented to and the day on which section 283 of the other Act comes into force, the definitions “federal agency”, “settlement land” and “territorial agency” in subsection 2(1) of this Act are replaced by the following:“federal agency”« autorité fédérale »“federal agency” means a minister of the federal government or a person or body carrying out a function of government under a federal law other than the Yukon Act, the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act or the Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act, but does not include the Governor in Council or an independent regulatory agency.“settlement land”« terres désignées »“settlement land” means land that is category A settlement land, category B settlement land or fee simple settlement land under a final agreement or under an order of a body established by territorial law and having jurisdiction with respect to surface rights, or land that is to be treated as such by virtue of a self-government agreement, and includes Tetlit Gwich’in Yukon land, but does not include water or mines and minerals defined to be non-settlement land.“territorial agency”« autorité territoriale »“territorial agency” means a member of the Executive Council of Yukon or a person or body carrying out a function of government under the Yukon Act, but does not include an independent regulatory agency, a municipal government or a body having jurisdiction with respect to surface rights.(3) On the later of the day on which this Act is assented to and the day on which section 1 of the other Act comes into force, the definition “Yukon” in subsection 2(1) of the English version of this Act is repealed.(4) On the later of the coming into force of Part 2 of this Act and section 283 of the other Act, paragraph 81(1)(g) of this Act is replaced by the following:(g) a body established by territorial law and having jurisdiction with respect to surface rights, if an access order from that body is required for the project under territorial law;(5) On the later of the coming into force of Part 2 of this Act and section 284 of the other Act,(a) paragraph 81(1)(h) of this Act is replaced by the following:(h) a body established by territorial law and having jurisdiction in relation to rights in respect of waters, if the grant of rights from that body is required for the project under territorial law; and(b) section 86 of this Act is replaced by the following:Marginal note:Water licences86. A body established by territorial law and having jurisdiction in relation to rights in respect of waters may not, under territorial law,(a) grant or renew rights in respect of waters contrary to a decision document issued by a federal agency or a decision document that is to be implemented by a territorial agency, municipal government or first nation under subsection 83(2) or 84(2) or (3); or(b) set terms of such rights that conflict with such a decision document, to the extent that the decision document is required to be implemented by a federal agency or a territorial agency, municipal government or first nation.(6) On the later of the coming into force of Part 2 of this Act and section 40 of the other Act, section 115 of the English version of this Act is replaced by the following:Marginal note:Court reference by Board115. At the request of a designated office, the executive committee, a panel of the Board, a joint panel or a decision body, the Board may refer a question of law or jurisdiction arising in any proceedings under this Act to the Supreme Court of Yukon.(7) If section 283 of the other Act comes into force before section 131 of this Act, section 131 of this Act and the heading before it are repealed.
SCHEDULE(Subsection 2(1) and section 123)PART 1FEDERAL INDEPENDENT REGULATORY AGENCIESNational Energy BoardOffice national de l’énergiePART 2TERRITORIAL INDEPENDENT REGULATORY AGENCIES
Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act1 - SHORT TITLE 2 - INTERPRETATION 5 - GENERAL 8 - PART 1 YUKON ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT BOARD AND DESIGNATED OFFICES 8 - Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board 20 - Assessment Districts and Designated Offices 26 - Budgets and Reporting 30 - Rules and By-Laws 39 - General Requirement 40 - PART 2 ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND DECISION DOCUMENTS 40 - Assessments — General 47 - Proposed Activities Subject to Assessment 50 - Proposals for Projects 55 - Evaluation of Projects by Designated Offices 57 - Screening of Projects by Executive Committee 60 - Request for Review 61 - Powers of Minister of Environment 65 - Panels of the Board 67 - Agreements for Joint Panels 70 - Reviews of Projects by Panels 74 - Consideration of Recommendations and Issuance of Decision Documents 82 - Implementation of Decision Documents 90 - Projects on Yukon North Slope 92 - Collaboration and External Activities 94 - Existing Projects 102 - Plans 110 - Audits and Effects Monitoring 112 - Studies and Research 114 - Violation of Decision Document 115 - Court Jurisdiction 117 - Maintenance of Records and Public Access 122 - Regulations and Orders 124 - PART 3 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, CONSEQUENTIAL AND COORDINATING AMENDMENTS AND COMMENCEMENT 124 - Transitional Provisions 127 - Consequential Amendments 127 - Access to Information Act 129 - Privacy Act 130 - Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act 131 - Yukon Surface Rights Board Act 132 - Coordinating Amendments 134 - Coming Into Force SCHEDULE Date modified:2013-05-13