Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act

Marginal note:Board established

• 99 (1) There is hereby established a board to be known as the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board.

• Marginal note:Regional panels — Gwich’in and Sahtu Boards

  (2) On the coming into force of this Part, a board established by section 54 or 56 continues as a regional panel of the Board under the same name and in respect of the same management area as that of the board. Its members become members of the Board.

• Marginal note:Regional panel — Wekeezhii Board

  (2.1) Six months after the coming into force of section 57.1, the board established by that section continues as a regional panel of the Board under the same name and in respect of the same management area as that of the board. Its members become members of the Board.

• Marginal note:Applicable provisions

  (3) For greater certainty, the provisions of Part 1 respecting the appointment, term of office and removal from office of members of a board and respecting the chairperson of a board, and the provisions of Part 3 respecting the appointment of members of a board, the quorum of a board, its main office and members acting after the expiry of their term, continue to apply to a regional panel.

• Marginal note:Composition

  (4) In addition to the members of the regional panels referred to in subsections (2) and (2.1) and a chairperson, the Board shall, subject to subsection 108(7), consist of

  • (a) two members appointed following consultation by the federal Minister with the first nations and the Tlicho Government;

  • (b) one member appointed on the nomination of the territorial Minister; and

  • (c) one other member.