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Yukon Act (S.C. 2002, c. 7)

Assented to 2002-03-27

Marginal note:R.S., c. 32 (4th Supp.)

Railway Safety Act

Marginal note:1999, c. 3, s. 82

234. Paragraph (e) of the definition “superior court” in subsection 4(1) of the English version of the Railway Safety Act is replaced by the following:

  • (e) in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court, and in Nunavut, the Nunavut Court of Justice;

Marginal note:R.S., c. R-10

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 130)

235. Paragraphs 24(a) and (b) of the English version of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act are replaced by the following:

  • (a) that any personal property that has, in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, come into the hands of any member in the course of the member’s duties has been abandoned by the owner of it or the person entitled to it, or

  • (b) that a reasonable attempt has been made to find the owner of or person entitled to any personal property that has, in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, come into the hands of any member in the course of the member’s duties, but the owner or person cannot be found,

Marginal note:R.S., c. S-22

Statutory Instruments Act

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 131); 1998, c. 15, s. 38

236. Subparagraph (b)(iv) of the definition “statutory instrument” in subsection 2(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act is replaced by the following:

  • (iv) an ordinance of the Northwest Territories, a law made by the Legislature of Yukon or the Legislature for Nunavut, a rule made by the Legislative Assembly of Yukon under section 16 of the Yukon Act or by the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut under section 21 of the Nunavut Act or any instrument issued, made or established under any such ordinance, law or rule.

Marginal note:R.S., c. S-26

Supreme Court Act

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 133)

237. Subsection 2(2) of the English version of the Supreme Court Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Application to the territories

    (2) For the purposes of this Act, the expression “highest court of final resort in a province” includes, in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, the Court of Appeal of that territory.

Marginal note:R.S., c. T-7

Territorial Lands Act

Marginal note:1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 135)

238. The long title of the Territorial Lands Act is replaced by the following:

An Act respecting Crown lands in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut