Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 152 (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in this Division.

  claimant

  claimant means an Inuk or Inuit. (réclamant)

  developer

  developer means any person engaged in a development activity and includes, in the case of marine transportation as described in paragraph (c) of the definition development activity, the owner of a ship. (entrepreneur)

  development activity

  development activity means any of the following carried out on land or water in the Nunavut Settlement Area or in Zone I or Zone II, within the meaning assigned by section 1.1.1 of the Agreement:

  • (a) a commercial or industrial undertaking or any extension of the undertaking, provided it is not a marine transportation undertaking;

  • (b) a municipal, territorial, provincial or federal government undertaking or any extension of the undertaking, provided it is not a marine transportation undertaking; and

  • (c) marine transportation directly associated with an undertaking described in paragraph (a) or (b).

  It does not include any wildlife measure or use approved in accordance with Article 5 of the Agreement. (activités de développement)

  Inuk

  Inuk means an individual member of the group of persons referred to in the definition of Inuit in subsection 2(1). (Inuk)

• Marginal note:Wildlife

  (2) In this Division, wildlife does not include flora.

• Marginal note:Definitions from Marine Liability Act

  (3) For the purposes of the definition developer in subsection (1) and for the purposes of sections 153 and 154, the words discharge, oil, owner and ship have the same meaning as in section 91 of the Marine Liability Act.