Naskapi and the Cree-Naskapi Commission Act

Marginal note:Appointment of auditor

• 93 (1) For each fiscal year, the electors of a band shall, at a special band meeting or referendum at which at least five per cent of the electors voted on the matter,

  • (a) appoint a duly accredited auditor and fix or provide for his remuneration; or

  • (b) authorize the council to appoint a duly accredited auditor and to fix or provide for his remuneration.

• Marginal note:Where band fails to make appointment

  (2) Where no auditor has been appointed under subsection (1) within three months after the beginning of a fiscal year, the Minister may appoint an auditor for that fiscal year and fix his remuneration.

• Marginal note:Term of office

  (3) The auditor appointed pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) holds office until he is re-appointed, or a new auditor is appointed, under subsection (1) or (2).

• Marginal note:Where vacancy occurs

  (4) Where a vacancy occurs during the term of the auditor, the band shall forthwith appoint a new auditor for the remainder of the term of the former auditor and shall fix the new auditor’s remuneration.

• Marginal note:If band fails to act

  (5) If a band fails to act under subsection (4), the Minister, or, in the case of a Cree band, the Cree Regional Authority if the Minister with the written consent of that Authority delegates to it the power, may appoint a new auditor and fix that auditor’s remuneration.

• Marginal note:Notice to band

  (5.1) The Minister or the Cree Regional Authority, as the case may be, shall inform the band in writing of the appointment.

• Marginal note:Band to pay remuneration

  (6) In all cases the auditor’s remuneration shall be paid by the band.