Manitoba Claim Settlement Implementation Act (Norway House Cree Nation)

Marginal note:Issuance of permits by Minister

• 13 (1) If the council of a first nation has, by resolution, requested that the Minister set apart certain lands as a reserve under an agreement to which this Part applies, the Minister may, either

  • (a) before the lands are transferred to Her Majesty in right of Canada by the first nation, by Her Majesty in right of Manitoba or by a third party, or

  • (b) before the lands are set apart as a reserve under section 11,

  authorize, by permit in writing, any person for a period not exceeding one year or, with the consent of the council of the first nation, for any longer period, to occupy, use or reside on any of those lands or exercise any other right on them, including for the purpose of replacing an existing right or interest of that person in those lands.

• Marginal note:Effect

  (2) Rights granted by permits issued under subsection (1) take effect at the time the lands are set apart as a reserve under section 11.

• Marginal note:Certain acts deemed to have been done under Indian Act

  (3) As of the time when the Minister sets apart any lands as a reserve under section 11, a permit issued under subsection (1) in relation to those lands, and any consent given under that subsection, are deemed to have been issued or given, as the case may be, under the Indian Act.