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National Parks of Canada Lease and Licence of Occupation Regulations

Version of section 2 from 2010-02-02 to 2024-08-18:

  •  (1) In these Regulations,

    Act

    Act means the Canada National Parks Act; (Loi)

    appraised value

    appraised value means the value of public lands within a park in respect of which a lease or licence of occupation applies, as determined by the Minister on the basis of an appraisal of those lands or equivalent lands; (valeur estimative)

    assessed value

    assessed value[Repealed, SOR/2002-237, s. 3]

    Banff Incorporation Agreement

    Banff Incorporation Agreement means the Town of Banff Incorporation Agreement, dated December 12, 1989; (accord concernant la constitution de Banff)

    common-law partner

    common-law partner, in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year; (conjoint de fait)

    condominium

    condominium[Repealed, SOR/2002-237, s. 3]

    condominium unit

    condominium unit means an area designated as a unit on a condominium plan duly registered in a Land Titles Office in the Province of Alberta; (unité condominiale)

    Consumer Price Index

    Consumer Price Index means the all Canada, all-items annual consumer price index as published by Statistics Canada for the period beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31; (indice des prix à la consommation)

    Easter period

    Easter period means the period beginning 14 days before Good Friday in any year and ending 14 days after Easter Monday in that year; (période pascale)

    eligible resident

    eligible resident, in respect of a park, means

    • (a) an individual whose primary employment is in the park,

    • (b) an individual who operates a business in the park and whose presence at the place of business is necessary for the day-to-day operation of the business,

    • (c) a retired individual who resides in the park and who, for five consecutive years immediately prior to retirement,

      • (i) was employed primarily in that park, or

      • (ii) operated a business in that park and whose presence at the place of business was necessary for the day-to-day operation of the business,

    • (d) a retired individual who resided in the park at the time of the individual’s retirement and who resided in that park on July 30, 1981,

    • (e) an individual who is a student in full-time attendance at an educational institution that is located within the park and registered under the Income Tax Act or applicable provincial legislation relating to education,

    • (f) an individual who is a lessee of public lands in the park and who

      • (i) was the lessee of those public lands prior to May 19, 1911, or

      • (ii) is a descendant, by blood or adoption, of an individual who was the lessee of those public lands prior to May 19, 1911, or

    • (g) the spouse or common-law partner or a dependant of an individual referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (f); (résident admissible)

    Jasper Agreement lands

    Jasper Agreement lands means the lands forming part of Jasper National Park of Canada that are described in Schedule V; (terres visées par l’accord avec la municipalité de Jasper)

    Municipality of Jasper

    Municipality of Jasper means the local government body established by Order in Council O.C. 279/2001 of July 20, 2001 of the Province of Alberta; (municipalité de Jasper)

    Municipality of Jasper Agreement

    Municipality of Jasper Agreement means the Agreement for the Establishment of Local Government in the Town of Jasper between Her Majesty and the Municipality of Jasper, signed by the Minister and the Chairperson of the Jasper Town Committee on June 13 and 25, 2001, respectively, as that Agreement read on June 25, 2001; (accord avec la municipalité de Jasper)

    quota

    quota means 30 per cent of the occupancy capacity of a hotel, motel, bungalow camp or other fixed bed accommodation; (quota)

    resort subdivision

    resort subdivision means an area described in an item of Schedule II; (centre de villégiature)

    subdivision

    subdivision means the division of an existing leasehold title or licence of occupation, which title or licence may cover one or more parcels of land, or the division of land held under lease or licence of occupation, into two or more leaseholds or licences; (lotissement)

    summer period

    summer period means the period beginning on June 20 in any year and ending on September 1 in that year; (période estivale)

    Town of Banff

    Town of Banff means the area described in Part I of Schedule I; (périmètre urbain de Banff)

    Town of Jasper

    Town of Jasper means the community described in Schedule 4 to the Act; (ville de Jasper)

    visitor centre

    visitor centre means an area described in an item of Schedule III. (centre d’accueil)

  • (2) For the purposes of these Regulations, an individual who resides in, operates a business in or whose primary employment is in Lake Louise, and who is an eligible resident of Banff National Park of Canada under paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition eligible resident in subsection (1), is an eligible resident of both Yoho National Park of Canada and Banff National Park of Canada.

  • (3) For the purposes of the definition eligible resident and subsection (2), business means a business that is licensed under the National Parks of Canada Businesses Regulations or under a by-law passed by the Corporation of the Town of Banff or the Municipality of Jasper.

  • SOR/94-313, s. 1(F)
  • SOR/2002-237, s. 3
  • SOR/2009-322, s. 19(F)
  • SOR/2010-23, s. 11

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