3. A land registry system, under the control and supervision of the Minister, is hereby established for the registration of rights and interests in Category IA and IA-N land and in buildings situated thereon.

• 4. (1) The land registry system established pursuant to section 3 shall consist of the following registry offices:

  • (a) a central land registry office;

  • (b) one local land registry office for each Cree band; and

  • (c) a local land registry office for the Naskapi band.

• (2) The central land registry office shall be located within the territory of the Quebec Urban Community.

• (3) The local land registry office for a band shall be located at the head office of the band except where the band fixes the location of its local land registry office at another place on its Category IA or IA-N land.

• 5. (1) The hours of operation of the central land registry office shall be from 10 o'clock in the morning to 12 o'clock noon and from 1 o'clock to 3 o'clock in the afternoon every day except Saturdays and holidays.

• (2) The hours of operation of the local land registry office for a band shall be from 10 o'clock in the morning to 12 o'clock noon and from 2 o'clock to 4 o'clock in the afternoon every day except Saturdays and holidays, including any day designated as a holiday by resolution of the council of the band.

6. The land registry system established pursuant to section 3 shall be under the administration of the central land registrar appointed by the Minister on a full-time or part-time basis.

7. The central land registrar shall

• (a) administer the central land registry office;

• (b) coordinate the functions of the local land registry offices;

• (c) arrange for and assist in the preparation of land registry plans and deposit certified copies of any land registry plan made pursuant to section 17 in the appropriate local land registry office and in the central land registry office;

• (d) issue, to each local land registrar, guidelines respecting the administration and operation of the land registry system established pursuant to section 3;

• (e) establish the form of the index books;

• (f) assist and advise the local land registrars;

• (g) assist Cree and Naskapi beneficiaries in the preparation of land descriptions and in the preparation and registration, or deposit, of any documents to be registered, or deposited, in accordance with the Act or these Regulations; and

• (h) conduct an inspection of each local land registry office, including its index books and records, at least once a year and report on its administration to the council of the appropriate band.

• 8. (1) The central land registrar shall be assisted by a deputy central land registrar appointed by the Minister on a full-time or part-time basis.

• (2) Where the central land registrar is absent or incapacitated or the office of the central land registrar is vacant, the deputy central land registrar shall have and may exercise all the powers and duties of the central land registrar.