First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act (S.C. 2005, c. 9)

Assented to 2005-03-23

Marginal note:Review and evaluation

 Within seven years after the day on which this Act receives royal assent, the Minister, after consultation with the First Nations Tax Commission, First Nations Financial Management Board, First Nations Finance Authority and First Nations Statistical Institute, shall review the provisions and operation of this Act and the operations of those institutions, and submit a report to each House of Parliament on that review, including any changes that the Minister recommends relating to the evolution of the mandate and operation of those institutions.

Consequential Amendments

Marginal note:R.S., c. A-1

Access to Information Act

 Schedule I to the Access to Information Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order under the heading “Other Government Institutions”:

  • First Nations Financial Management Board

    Conseil de gestion financière des premières nations

  • First Nations Statistical Institute

    Institut de la statistique des premières nations

  • First Nations Tax Commission

    Commission de la fiscalité des premières nations

 Schedule II to the Act is amended by adding, in alphabetical order, a reference to

and a corresponding reference in respect of that Act to “section 108”.

Marginal note:R.S., c. F-11

Financial Administration Act

 Part I of Schedule III to the Financial Administration Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

  • First Nations Statistical Institute

    Institut de la statistique des premières nations

Marginal note:R.S., c. I-5

Indian Act

 The portion of subsection 87(1) of the Indian Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Property exempt from taxation

 Section 88 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:General provincial laws applicable to Indians

88. Subject to the terms of any treaty and any other Act of Parliament, all laws of general application from time to time in force in any province are applicable to and in respect of Indians in the province, except to the extent that those laws are inconsistent with this Act or the First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act, or with any order, rule, regulation or law of a band made under those Acts, and except to the extent that those provincial laws make provision for any matter for which provision is made by or under those Acts.