First Nations Oil and Gas and Moneys Management Voting Regulations

Marginal note:Duty to hold meeting

• 9 (1) Before the day on which a vote is to be held, the council of the first nation must ensure that an information meeting is held to provide the eligible voters with information regarding the vote.

• Marginal note:Persons to be present

  (2) A legal adviser and a financial adviser, designated by the council of the first nation, must be present at the information meeting and an interpreter must also be present to interpret between those advisers and the eligible voters.

• Marginal note:Information to be provided by the advisers

  (3) The legal adviser and the financial adviser who are present at the information meeting must advise the eligible voters about the following subjects, according to their respective expertise:

  • (a) the processes for the implementation of the Act, including the voting process;

  • (b) in the case of a vote on the ratification of an oil and gas code and a financial code referred to in section 10 of the Act and the approval of the transfer to the first nation of the management and regulation of oil and gas exploration and exploitation, the possible legal and financial consequences of the ratification of the oil and gas code, the financial code and the transfer;

  • (c) in the case of a vote on the ratification of a financial code referred to in section 11 of the Act and the approval of the payment of moneys to the first nation in accordance with the code, the possible legal and financial consequences of the ratification of the financial code and the payment; and

  • (d) the content of the question that is the subject of the vote and the possible legal and financial consequences of an affirmative vote or a negative vote.

• Marginal note:Questions

  (4) The legal adviser and the financial adviser who are present at the information meeting must, according to their respective expertise, answer the questions of the eligible voters concerning the vote, including any questions about the subjects referred to in subsection (3).