Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in the Northwest Territories (Deh Cho First Nations, N.W.T.)
SI/2003-148
Registration 2003-08-27
Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in the Northwest Territories (Deh Cho First Nations, N.W.T.)
P.C. 2003-1230 2003-08-13
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 (Deh Cho First Nations, N.W.T.).
Purpose
1 The purpose of this Order is to withdraw certain lands from disposal in order to facilitate the settlement of the Deh Cho First Nations claim in the Northwest Territories.
Lands Withdrawn from Disposal
2 Subject to sections 3 and 4, 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subsurface rights to the lands set out in Schedule 1 and the subsurface rights to the lands set out in Schedule 2, are withdrawn from disposal for the period beginning on the day on which this Order is made and ending on October 31, 2008.
Exceptions
3 Section 2 does not apply to the disposition of substances or materials under the Territorial Quarrying Regulations.
Existing Rights and Interests
4 For greater certainty, 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 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 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 I(Section 2)Tracts of Territorial Lands Withdrawn from Disposal (Deh Cho First Nations, N.W.T.)
In the Northwest Territories, all those parcels of land shown as Surface-Subsurface Lands, on the following 1:250,000 reference maps, produced by the Department of Natural Resources, and approved by the Deh Cho First Nations Assistant Negotiator, Herb Norwegian and the Government of Canada, Chief Lands Negotiator, Eddie Kolausok on file at the Federal Claims Office, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, at Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories, copies of which have been deposited with the Regional Manager, Land Dispositions, at Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories:
TERRITORIAL RESOURCE BASE MAPS
| 85-B, | 85-C, | 85-D, | 85-E, | 85-F, | 85-G, |
| 95-A, | 95-B, | 95-C, | 95-D, | 95-E, | 95-F, |
| 95-G, | 95-H, | 95-I, | 95-J, | 95-K, | 95-L, |
| 95-N, | 95-O, | 105-H and | 105-I |
Subject to a potential trans-boundary gas pipeline and the associated infrastructure, in the Deh Cho Region, which would be subject to the current regulatory process of the Northwest Territories and which is centered on the existing pipeline right-of-way shown on CLSR 69975 and filed in the Land Titles Office at Yellowknife.
SCHEDULE 2(Section 2)Tracts of Territorial Lands Withdrawn from Disposal (Deh Cho First Nations, N.W.T.)
In the Northwest Territories, all those parcels of land shown as Subsurface Only Lands, on the following 1:250,000 reference maps, produced by the Department of Natural Resources, and approved by the Deh Cho First Nations Assistant Negotiator, Herb Norwegian and the Government of Canada, Chief Lands Negotiator, Eddie Kolausok on file at the Federal Claims Office, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, at Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories, copies of which have been deposited with the Regional Manager, Land Dispositions, at Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories:
TERRITORIAL RESOURCE BASE MAPS
| 85-B, | 85-C, | 85-D, | 85-E, | 85-F, | 95-A, |
| 95-B, | 95-G, | 95-H, | 95-I, | 95-J and | 95-O |
Subject to a potential trans-boundary gas pipeline and the associated infrastructure, in the Deh Cho Region, which would be subject to the current regulatory process of the Northwest Territories and which is centered on the existing pipeline right-of-way shown on CLSR 69975 and filed in the Land Titles Office at Yellowknife.
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