Northwest Territories Mining Regulations (SOR/2014-68)

Marginal note:Prohibition respecting staking

85 If a request for review is with respect to the cancellation of the recording of a claim under subsection 53(3) or paragraph 53(4)(b) or the amendment of the boundaries of a claim under paragraph 53(4)(b), it is prohibited to stake a claim on the lands covered by the claim the recording of which was cancelled or the boundaries of which were amended. The prohibition is in effect from the start of the review until noon on the day following the first business day after the day on which the Minister’s decision was sent in accordance with subsection 84(6).

Transitional Provisions

Marginal note:Definition of former Regulations

86 In sections 87 to 93, former Regulations means the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Mining Regulations.

Marginal note:Recording of located claim

• 87 (1) If, within 59 days before these Regulations come into force, a claim is located in accordance with subsection 14(14) of the former Regulations, an application to record the claim that is made after these Regulations come into force may be made under section 24 of the former Regulations or under section 33 of these Regulations.

• Marginal note:Located claim considered as staked claim

  (2) For greater certainty, a claim that is located under the former Regulations is considered to be a claim that was staked under these Regulations.

Marginal note:Certificates of extension

88 A certificate of extension given under section 44 of the former Regulations is not counted as a certificate of extension under subsection 42(2) of these Regulations.

Marginal note:Report on work — former Regulations

89 A report prepared in accordance with the former Regulations respecting representation work that was done before the coming into force of these Regulations is considered to be in accordance with these Regulations if it is submitted within two years after the coming into force of these Regulations.

Marginal note:Deduction from lease payment

90 Subsection 60(2) of the former Regulations applies for one year after these Regulations come into force.

Marginal note:Application for common anniversary date

91 If an application for a certificate under subsection 39(1) of the former Regulations — giving a common anniversary date of recording for claims — was received by the Mining Recorder before the coming into force of these Regulations but was not dealt with before that time, it must be dealt with in accordance with the former Regulations.

Marginal note:Honorary licence

92 A person who, when these Regulations come into force, holds an honorary licence under section 77 of the former Regulations is entitled to renew the honorary licence each year in accordance with that section.

Marginal note:Applications for leases and renewals

• 93 (1) If an application for a lease or a request for a renewal of a lease is received before, or within six months after, the day on which these Regulations come into force, the application or request must be dealt with in accordance with the former Regulations.

• Marginal note:Continuation of lease

  (2) In the case of a request for renewal under subsection (1), if the request has not been dealt with before the lease is due to expire, the lease is considered to continue in effect until the request has been dealt with.

• Marginal note:Timing of application for lease

  (3) If the duration of a recorded claim ends within one year after the day on which these Regulations come into force, paragraph 60(2)(b) is to be read without reference to the words “at least one year”.

Repeal

94 [Repeal]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:March 31, 2014

95 These Regulations come into force on March 31, 2014.