Mackenzie Valley Land Use Regulations

23.1 If the Board conducts a hearing or requires that further studies or investigations be made under paragraph 22(2)(b) or if the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board is to conduct an environmental assessment in relation to the land use for which a permit application has been received, the period provided for in subsection 22(2) or paragraph 23(b) for the Board to issue or to refuse to issue a permit does not begin

• (a) in respect of a hearing or of further studies or investigations, until the completion of the hearing or the further studies or investigations; or

• (b) in respect of an environmental assessment, until the completion of the environmental assessment and impact review process under Part 5 of the Act.