Marginal note:Future agreements

• 5. (1) The Governor in Council may, by order, approve, give effect to and declare valid any final agreement or transboundary agreement entered into after this Act comes into force.

• Marginal note:Tabling

  (2) An order approving a final agreement or transboundary agreement shall be laid before the House of Commons on any of the first thirty days on which that House is sitting after the order is made.

Marginal note:Constitution Act, 1982

• 6. (1) A final agreement or transboundary agreement that is in effect is a land claims agreement within the meaning of section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.

• Marginal note:Third parties

  (2) For greater certainty, such an agreement is binding on all persons and bodies that are not parties to it.

Marginal note:Title to lands

7. For greater certainty, a first nation for which a final agreement is in effect has the rights, title, obligations and liabilities in respect of settlement land provided for in the final agreement.

Marginal note:Rights and duties

8. For greater certainty, any person or body has the powers, rights, privileges and benefits conferred on the person or body by a final agreement or transboundary agreement that is in effect and shall perform the duties and is subject to the liabilities imposed on the person or body by the agreement.

Marginal note:Bodies constituted

• 9. (1) For the purposes of carrying out their objectives, the Yukon Land Use Planning Council, the Yukon Heritage Resources Board, the Yukon Geographical Place Names Board, the Fish and Wildlife Management Board and its salmon subcommittee, and the Dispute Resolution Board, established under final agreements, each have the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person.

• Marginal note:Renewable resources councils

  (2) For the purposes of carrying out its objectives, a renewable resources council established under a final agreement that is in effect has the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person.

• Marginal note:Kluane National Park Management Board

  (3) For the purposes of carrying out its objectives, the Kluane National Park Management Board established under the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Final Agreement has the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person.

• Marginal note:Other bodies

  (4) For the purposes of carrying out its objectives, any body established under a final agreement or transboundary agreement entered into after this Act comes into force has, to the extent provided by the agreement, the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person from the day the agreement is given effect.