The Act is divided into 4 Parts: Powers and duties of Canada Lands Surveyors (I); Surveys of Canada lands (II); Special surveys of territorial land (III); General (IV).The Minister of Natural resources shall have the administration, direction and control of surveys under this Act (sect. 3).
This Act makes provision for licensing of Canada Land Surveyors and for the control of their conduct. Canada Lands Surveyor means a person who holds a commission granted under section 49. The Association of Canada Lands Surveyors is hereby continued under this Act. This Association is a body corporate consisting of a governing body and members.
"Dominion water-powers" in this Act means any energy of whatever form or nature contained in or capable of being produced or generated from any flowing or falling water in such quantity as to make it of commercial value on public lands, that is the property of Canada and have been or may be placed under the control and management of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. The property in, and the right to the use of, all Dominion water-powers are hereby declared to be vested in the Crown, except any rights of were granted by the Crown before 1919.
There is hereby established a board to be known as the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board and a board to be known as the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board. Part 2 concerns land use planning. Land use planning for a settlement area shall be guided by the the principles set out in section 35. Two Land Use Planning Board are established under sections 36 and 38. Part 3 provides, inter alia for the establishment of Land and Water Boards.
For the purpose of subsection 124(1) of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act, a regulatory authority or a designated regulatory agency that receives an application for a licence, permit or other authorization required to carry out a proposed development, under a provision of a Federal Act and Regulations or a Northwest Territories Act or Regulations as set out in the Schedules, shall conduct a preliminary screening of the proposed development before the issuance of the licence, permit or authorization.
These Regulations do not apply to a use of land authorized pursuant to grazing or agricultural leases subsequent to its initial clearing, and to harvesting, hunting, trapping or fishing. Regulation 4 specifies activities on land that are prohibited without having a Type A Permit, whereas regulation 5 lists activities for which a Type B permit is required. No person shall deposit material or debris in a watercourse contrary to the Northwest Territories Waters Act or the Fisheries Act, or any regulations made under those Acts (reg.9).
The present Act lays down provisions relating to Crown lands in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The Act contains at the outset a definition clause referring to various terms therein employed, such as “Crown”, “land”, “permit”, “territorial lands”, “timber”. The text- consisting of 30 sections - considers the following issues: Land management zones, sale or lease of territorial lands, mining rights, reservation from grants, slides, streams and lake fronts, trespass on territorial lands.
The purpose of the present Act is to provide for the procedures related to expropriation and the management of abandoned land. It governs also matters related to compensation and the use of expropriated lands. The text consists of 44 sections divided into 3 Parts.
Implemented by: Tariff of Costs (SOR/99-308). (2014-06-12)
Implemented by: Expropriation Fees Regulations (SOR/2000-142). (2000-04-07)
The present Regulations enact the Canada National Parks Act. Section 3 establishes that a person may use or occupy public lands or other public property within a Park if that person does so in accordance with the Act, the Regulations made there under and any agreement made between the Government of Canada and the government of the province within which the Park is situated. The Minister may, from time to time, arrange to have public lands in a Park surveyed or resurveyed. The text consists of 40 sections.
Implements: Canada National Parks Act (S.C. 2000, c. 32). (2017-06-19)
The First Nations Land Management Act (FNLMA) was passed by the federal Parliament in 1999 on the initiative of fourteen Indian Act Bands wishing to escape the land management provisions of the Indian Act in order to improve their capacities and opportunities for economic development. The Act provides the term "first nation" meaning an Indian Act band named in a schedule. Additional First Nations may request the Governor-in-Council to have the Act applied to them.
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