Canada National Parks Act (S.C. 2000, c. 32)
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Canada National Parks Act
S.C. 2000, c. 32
Assented to 2000-10-20
An Act respecting the national parks of Canada
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
SHORT TITLE
Marginal note:Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Canada National Parks Act.
INTERPRETATION
Marginal note:Definitions
2. (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in this Act.
“community plan”
« plan communautaire »
“community plan” means a land use plan for a park community.
“ecological integrity”
« intégrité écologique »
“ecological integrity” means, with respect to a park, a condition that is determined to be characteristic of its natural region and likely to persist, including abiotic components and the composition and abundance of native species and biological communities, rates of change and supporting processes.
“enforcement officer”
« agent de l’autorité »
“enforcement officer” means a person designated under section 19 or belonging to a class of persons so designated.
“Minister”
« ministre »
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency.
“park”
« parc »
“park” means a national park of Canada named and described in Schedule 1.
“park community”
« collectivité »
“park community” means any of the following communities:
(a) the visitor centre of Field in Yoho National Park of Canada;
(b) the town of Banff in Banff National Park of Canada;
(c) the visitor centre of Lake Louise in Banff National Park of Canada;
(d) the visitor centre of Waterton Lakes Park in Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada;
(e) the town of Jasper in Jasper National Park of Canada;
(f) the visitor centre of Waskesiu in Prince Albert National Park of Canada; or
(g) the visitor centre of Wasagaming in Riding Mountain National Park of Canada.
“park reserve”
« réserve »
“park reserve” means a national park reserve of Canada named and described in Schedule 2.
“park warden”
« garde de parc »
“park warden” means a person designated under section 18.
“public lands”
« terres domaniales »
“public lands” means lands, including submerged lands, that belong to Her Majesty in right of Canada or that the Government of Canada has the power to dispose of, whether or not such disposal is subject to the terms of any agreement between the Government of Canada and the government of a province.
“superintendent”
« directeur »
“superintendent” means an officer appointed under the Parks Canada Agency Act who holds the office of superintendent of a park or of a national historic site of Canada to which this Act applies, and includes any person appointed under that Act who is authorized by such an officer to act on the officer’s behalf.
Marginal note:Aboriginal rights
(2) For greater certainty, nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to abrogate or derogate from the protection provided for existing aboriginal or treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada by the recognition and affirmation of those rights in section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.
- 2000, c. 32, s. 2;
- 2002, c. 18, s. 30;
- 2005, c. 2, s. 7.