Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act

Marginal note:Rules for executive committee and panels

• 30 (1) The Board shall make rules, applicable to screenings by the executive committee and reviews by panels of the Board, with respect to

  • (a) the form and content of proposals submitted under paragraph 50(1)(a) or of requests made under section 60;

  • (b) the determination of the scope of a project;

  • (c) for the purposes of section 46, the participation of interested persons and the public; and

  • (d) the periods, for each step from the submission or referral of a proposal to the conclusion of the screening or review of the project or existing project, within which the executive committee and panels of the Board must perform their functions.

• Marginal note:Rules for executive committee and panels

  (2) The Board may make rules with respect to

  • (a) the manner in which proponents of projects must consult with first nations and residents of communities for the purposes of subsection 50(3);

  • (b) the conduct of screenings of projects by the executive committee and reviews of projects by panels of the Board;

  • (c) the reconsideration of recommendations referred back to the executive committee or a panel of the Board by a decision body;

  • (d) the membership of panels of the Board and the establishment of their terms of reference; and

  • (e) cooperation by the executive committee and panels of the Board with other bodies, including the coordination of functions.

• Marginal note:Other rules

  (3) The Board may make rules with respect to

  • (a) reviews of existing projects, reviews of plans and reviews of activities outside Yukon;

  • (b) the conduct of audits, and effects monitoring, of projects and existing projects under sections 110 and 111; and

  • (c) the conduct of studies and research under section 112.

• Marginal note:Categories of projects, etc.

  (4) Rules made under this section may provide for different types of screenings or reviews for different categories of projects, existing projects or plans, or activities outside Yukon, as the case may be.