Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act

Marginal note:Guiding principles

• 115 (1) The process established by this Part shall be carried out in a timely and expeditious manner and shall have regard to

  • (a) the protection of the environment from the significant adverse impacts of proposed developments;

  • (b) the protection of the social, cultural and economic well-being of residents and communities in the Mackenzie Valley; and

  • (c) the importance of conservation to the well-being and way of life of the aboriginal peoples of Canada to whom section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 applies and who use an area of the Mackenzie Valley.

• Marginal note:Consideration of previous assessment activities

  (2) A person or body conducting a preliminary screening, an environmental assessment, an environmental impact review or an examination of impacts on the environment that stands in lieu of an environmental impact review in respect of a proposed development shall consider, and may rely on, any assessment activities previously carried out under this Part in respect of that development.