Northwest Territories Act

Marginal note:Definitions

2 The following definitions apply in this Act.

Aboriginal party

Aboriginal party means an Aboriginal organization that is a party to the Agreement. (partie autochtone)

Agreement

Agreement means the Northwest Territories Lands and Resources Devolution Agreement that was made on June 25, 2013, as amended from time to time. (accord)

federal appurtenant undertaking

federal appurtenant undertaking means an undertaking in relation to which a use of waters or a deposit of waste is permitted by a licence and that is

• (a) related to remediation that is performed by or on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada

  • (i) under the Agreement, or

  • (ii) in respect of an Excepted Waste Site as defined in section 1.1 of the Agreement; or

• (b) located on public lands that are under the administration of a federal minister. (entreprise fédérale en cause)

former Act

former Act means the Northwest Territories Act, chapter N-27 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. (ancienne loi)

gas

gas means natural gas — including coal-bed methane — and all substances other than oil that are produced in association with natural gas. (gaz)

Gwich’in Agreement

Gwich’in Agreement means the Agreement as defined in section 2 of the Gwich’in Land Claim Settlement Act. (accord gwichin)

Inuvialuit Final Agreement

Inuvialuit Final Agreement means the Agreement as defined in section 2 of the Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act. (Convention définitive des Inuvialuits)

line of delimitation

line of delimitation means the Line of Delimitation that is described in Schedule 18 to the Agreement. (ligne de démarcation)

minerals

minerals means precious or base metals or other non-living naturally occurring substances — including coal, but not including oil, gas or water — that are, or were before their production, part of the land, whether solid, liquid or gaseous. (ressources minérales)

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Northern Affairs. (ministre)

Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories means that part of Canada that is north of the 60th parallel of north latitude, west of the boundary described in Schedule I to the Nunavut Act and not within Yukon. (Territoires du Nord-Ouest)

oil

oil means

• (a) crude petroleum — regardless of gravity — that is produced at a well-head in liquid form; or

• (b) any other hydrocarbons — except coal and gas — including hydrocarbons that may be extracted or recovered from surface or subsurface deposits, including deposits of oil sand, bitumen, bituminous sand or oil shale and other types of deposits. (pétrole)

onshore

onshore means that part of Canada that is north of the 60th parallel of north latitude, west of the boundary described in Schedule I to the Nunavut Act and not within Yukon that consists of the following lands:

• (a) lands, including lands under water, that lie landward of the low-water line — or in respect of Inuvialuit lands as defined in section 2 of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement, landward of the mean or ordinary high-water mark — of the sea coast of the mainland or of the sea coast of any naturally occurring permanent island;

• (b) lands under water that are within small enclosed bays along the sea coast of the mainland or the sea coast of any naturally occurring permanent island; and

• (c) lands, including lands under water, that lie landward of the line of delimitation and seaward of the low-water line — or in respect of lands that are contiguous with the sea coast of Inuvialuit lands as defined in section 2 of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement, seaward of the mean or ordinary high-water mark — of the sea coast of the mainland.

It does not include lands that lie seaward of the line of delimitation, other than those lands — including lands under water — that lie landward of the low-water line of the sea coast of those naturally occurring permanent islands and those lands under water that are within small enclosed bays along the sea coast of those islands. (région intracôtière)

public lands

public lands means

• (a) lands — including minerals, oil, gas, timber or wood and buildings, structures, improvements or other fixtures — that are situated in the onshore and that belong to Her Majesty in right of Canada; or

• (b) interests — in lands that are situated in the onshore — that belong to Her Majesty in right of Canada. (terres domaniales)

Sahtu Agreement

Sahtu Agreement means the Agreement as defined in section 2 of the Sahtu Dene and Metis Land Claim Settlement Act. (accord du Sahtu)

self-government agreement

self-government agreement means an agreement between Her Majesty in right of Canada and an Aboriginal people of the Northwest Territories that is implemented by an Act of Parliament and that recognizes

• (a) the legal status and capacity of a governing body to represent that Aboriginal people; and

• (b) the authority of that governing body to enact laws. (accord sur l’autonomie gouvernementale)

settlement agreement

settlement agreement means an agreement that is listed in Schedule 1 to the Agreement. (entente de règlement)

settlement lands

settlement lands means lands in the Northwest Territories whose title is vested in an Aboriginal organization under a settlement agreement. (terres visées par un règlement)

small enclosed bay

small enclosed bay means any coastal indentation that meets the following conditions:

• (a) the distance of a straight line across the entrance of the indentation at the low-water line measures four kilometres or less; and

• (b) the area of the indentation, including any islands or parts of islands lying within the indentation, is greater than that of a semicircle whose diameter is the distance of the straight line referred to in paragraph (a). (petite baie fermée)

Tlicho Agreement

Tlicho Agreement means the Agreement as defined in section 2 of the Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act. (accord tlicho)

waters

waters means any inland waters — whether in a liquid or frozen state — that are on or below the surface of lands that are situated in the onshore. (eaux)