First Nations Fiscal Management Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) The following definitions apply in this Act.

  borrowing member

  membre emprunteur

  borrowing member means a first nation that has been accepted as a borrowing member under subsection 76(2) and has not ceased to be a borrowing member under section 77. (membre emprunteur)

  council

  conseil de la première nation

  council has the same meaning as “council of the band” in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act. (conseil de la première nation)

  first nation

  première nation

  first nation means

  • (a) in any provision of Part 5, a band; and

  • (b) in any other provision, a band named in the schedule. (première nation)

  First Nations Finance Authority

  Administration financière des premières nations

  First Nations Finance Authority means the corporation established under section 58. (Administration financière des premières nations)

  First Nations Financial Management Board

  Conseil de gestion financière des premières nations

  First Nations Financial Management Board means the board established under subsection 38(1). (Conseil de gestion financière des premières nations)

  First Nations Gazette

  Gazette des premières nations

  First Nations Gazette means the publication published under section 34. (Gazette des premières nations)

  First Nations Statistical Institute

  Institut de la statistique des premières nations

  First Nations Statistical Institute means the institute established under section 91. (Institut de la statistique des premières nations)

  First Nations Tax Commission

  Commission de la fiscalité des premières nations

  First Nations Tax Commission means the commission established under subsection 17(1). (Commission de la fiscalité des premières nations)

  local revenue law

  texte législatif sur les recettes locales

  local revenue law means a law made under subsection 5(1). (texte législatif sur les recettes locales)

  local revenues

  recettes locales

  local revenues means moneys raised under a local revenue law. (recettes locales)

  Minister

  ministre

  Minister means the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. (ministre)

  property taxation law

  texte législatif relatif à l’imposition foncière

  property taxation law means a law made under paragraph 5(1)(a). (texte législatif relatif à l’imposition foncière)

  third-party management

  Version anglaise seulement

  third-party management means the management of a first nation’s local revenues under section 53. (Version anglaise seulement)

• Marginal note:Indian Act definitions

  (2) Unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions used in this Act and not otherwise defined have the same meaning as in the Indian Act.

• Marginal note:Amendments to schedule

  (3) At the request of the council of a band, the Governor in Council may, by order, amend the schedule in order to

  • (a) add or change the name of the band; or

  • (b) delete the name of the band, as long as there are no amounts owing by the band to the First Nations Finance Authority that remain unpaid.