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Yukon Act (S.C. 2002, c. 7)

Assented to 2002-03-27

Marginal note:1998, c. 25

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act

Marginal note:2000, c. 32, s. 50

205. The definition “Mackenzie Valley” in section 2 of the English version of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act is replaced by the following:

“Mackenzie Valley”

« vallée du Mackenzie »

“Mackenzie Valley” means that part of the Northwest Territories bounded on the south by the 60th parallel of latitude, on the west by Yukon, on the north by the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, as defined in the Agreement given effect by the Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act, and on the east by the Nunavut Settlement Area, as defined in the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, but does not include Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada.

Marginal note:1998, c. 15, par. 48(d)

  • 206. (1) Subsection 141(1) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

    Marginal note:Environmental assessment

    • 141. (1) In relation to a development that is proposed to be carried out partly in the Mackenzie Valley and partly in a region of the Northwest Territories, Yukon or Nunavut adjacent to the Mackenzie Valley, or partly in a province, as the case may be, the Review Board shall to the extent possible coordinate its environmental assessment functions with the functions of any authority responsible for the examination of environmental effects of the development in that region or province.

  • Marginal note:1998, c. 15, par. 48(e)

    (2) Subsection 141(3) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Aboriginal representation

      (3) Where a review panel referred to in paragraph (2)(a) is established in relation to a development to be carried out partly in a region of the Northwest Territories, Yukon or Nunavut, at least one quarter of its members, excluding the chairperson, must be appointed on the nomination of first nations and other aboriginal groups affected by the proposed development.

Marginal note:1998, c. 15, par. 48(f)

207. Section 142 of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Transregional impact

142. Where a development proposed to be carried out wholly in a region of the Northwest Territories, Yukon or Nunavut adjacent to the Mackenzie Valley, or wholly in a province, might have a significant adverse impact on the environment in the Mackenzie Valley, the Review Board may, with the approval of the federal Minister, enter into an agreement with the authority responsible for the examination of the environmental effects of such developments in that region or province to provide for the participation of the Review Board in the examination of the environmental effects of the development by that authority.