Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in the Northwest Territories (Akaitcho Dene First Nations, N.W.T.)
SI/2007-103
Registration 2007-11-14
Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in the Northwest Territories (Akaitcho Dene First Nations, N.W.T.)
P.C. 2007-1661 2007-11-01
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to paragraph 23(a) of the Territorial Lands Act, hereby makes the annexed Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in the Northwest Territories (Akaitcho Dene First Nations, N.W.T.).
Purpose
1 The purpose of this Order is to withdraw certain lands from disposal in order to facilitate the conclusion of a final agreement with the Akaitcho Dene First Nations.
Lands Withdrawn from Disposal
2 The tracts of territorial lands set out in Schedules 1 and 2, including the surface and subsurface rights to the lands set out in Schedule 1 and the subsurface rights to the lands set out in Schedule 2, are withdrawn from disposal for the period beginning on the day on which this Order is made and ending on March 31, 2012.
Exceptions
Disposition of Substances or Materials
3 Section 2 does not apply to the disposition of
(a) substances or materials under the Territorial Quarrying Regulations;
(b) interests in land to be used for transmission lines and ancillary facilities for power generated at any hydroelectric project on the Taltson River; or
(c) interests in land listed in the Acquisition Agreement, dated May 5, 1988, between Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories, the Northern Canada Power Commission and the Northwest Territories Power Corporation.
Existing Rights and Interests
4 Section 2 does not apply to
(a) the locating of a mineral claim by the holder of a prospecting permit granted before the day on which this Order is made;
(b) the recording of a mineral claim that is referred to in paragraph (a) or that was located before the day on which this Order is made;
(c) the granting of a lease under the Canada Mining Regulations to a person with a recorded claim if the lease covers an area within the recorded claim;
(d) the issuance of a significant discovery licence under the Canada Petroleum Resources Act to a holder of an exploration licence that was issued before the day on which this Order is made if the significant discovery licence covers an area subject to the exploration licence;
(e) the issuance of a production licence under the Canada Petroleum Resources Act to a holder of a significant discovery licence that is referred to in paragraph (d) if the production licence covers an area subject to the significant discovery licence;
(f) the issuance of a production licence under the Canada Petroleum Resources Act to a holder of an exploration licence or a significant discovery licence that was issued before the day on which this Order is made if the production licence covers an area subject to the exploration licence or the significant discovery licence;
(g) the granting of a surface lease under the Territorial Lands Act to a holder of a recorded claim under the Canada Mining Regulations or of an interest under the Canada Petroleum Resources Act if the surface lease is required to allow the holder to exercise rights under the claim or interest; or
(h) the renewal of an interest.
SCHEDULE 1(Section 2)Tracts of Territorial Lands Withdrawn from Disposal (Akaitcho Dene First Nations, N.W.T.)
In the Northwest Territories, all those parcels of land that are shown as Surface-Subsurface Lands, on the following 1:250,000 reference maps and that have been approved by the Akaitcho Dene First Nations Land Negotiator, Don Balsillie, and by the Government of Canada, Acting Chief Lands Negotiator, Janet Pound, and that are on file at the Federal Claims Office, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, at Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, and copies of which have been deposited with the Regional Manager, Land Dispositions, at Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories:
TERRITORIAL RESOURCE BASE MAPS
| 75 D | 75 F | 75 H | 75 I | 75 J |
| 75 K | 75 L | 75 M | 75 N | 75 O |
| 75 P | 76 A | 76 B | 76 C | 76 D |
| 85 A | 85 B | 85 G | 85 H | 85 I |
| 85 J | 85 O and | 85 P |
SCHEDULE 2(Section 2)Tracts of Territorial Lands Withdrawn from Disposal (Akaitcho Dene First Nations, N.W.T.)
In the Northwest Territories, the subsurface of land identified in Commissioner’s Order 087–2006, dated November 01, 2006 and the map accompanying the Order, dated October 31, 2006.
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