Marginal note:Amendment of schedule

123. The Governor in Council may, by order, following consultation by the federal minister with the territorial minister and first nations,

• (a) amend Part 1 of the schedule by adding to it the name of any body having power under a federal law, other than the Yukon Act, to issue authorizations whose terms and conditions are not subject to variation by the Governor in Council or a minister of the Crown;

• (b) amend Part 2 of the schedule by adding to it the name of any body having the power under the Yukon Act to issue authorizations whose terms and conditions are not subject to variation by the Commissioner of Yukon or by a minister of the territorial government; or

• (c) amend the schedule by deleting the name of any body.

Marginal note:Application of EARP Guidelines Order

• 124. (1) The Environmental Assessment and Review Process Guidelines Order, approved by Order in Council P.C. 1984-2132 of June 21, 1984, and registered as SOR/84-467, continues to apply — to the exclusion of the provisions of this Act respecting projects — in respect of any proposal for a project that is, on the coming into force of Part 2 of this Act, before an environmental assessment panel established pursuant to that Order.

• Marginal note:Application of EARP Guidelines Order

  (2) The Order referred to in subsection (1) continues to apply — to the exclusion of the provisions of this Act respecting projects — in respect of any proposal for a project for which an environmental screening or initial assessment under that Order was commenced before the coming into force of Part 2 of this Act, but where such a proposal is referred to the Minister of the Environment for public review pursuant to section 20 of that Order, that Order ceases to apply and this Act applies in respect of the proposal as if that Minister had agreed to a request made by the executive committee under paragraph 61(1)(b) of this Act.

Marginal note:Application of Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

• 125. (1) Notwithstanding section 6, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act continues to apply — to the exclusion of the provisions of this Act respecting projects — in respect of a proposal for a project that was referred, before the coming into force of Part 2 of this Act, to a mediator or a review panel pursuant to that Act.

• Marginal note:Application of Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

  (2) Notwithstanding section 6, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act continues to apply — to the exclusion of the provisions of this Act respecting projects — in respect of a proposal for a project for which a screening or comprehensive study was commenced under that Act before the coming into force of Part 2 of this Act, but where the project is referred to a review panel pursuant to subsection 29(1) of that Act, that Act ceases to apply and section 63 of this Act applies as if the Minister of the Environment had agreed to a request made by the executive committee under paragraph 61(1)(b).