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Craig James, Clerk of the House
HONOURABLE IDA CHONG
MINISTER OF ABORIGINAL RELATIONS
AND RECONCILIATION
WHEREAS the recognition and reconciliation of the prior presence of Aboriginal peoples and the assertion of sovereignty by the Crown is of significant social and economic importance to all British Columbians;
AND WHEREAS Canadian courts have stated that this reconciliation is best achieved through negotiation and agreement, rather than through litigation;
AND WHEREAS, in order to achieve this reconciliation, representatives of the Tlaamin Nation, Canada and British Columbia have negotiated the Tlaamin Final Agreement in a process facilitated by the British Columbia Treaty Commission;
AND WHEREAS British Columbia is building a New Relationship with First Nations and working to close the social and economic gaps that exist between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people;
AND WHEREAS the Tlaamin Final Agreement embodies the principles of this New Relationship, including mutual respect, recognition and reconciliation of Aboriginal rights and title;
AND WHEREAS the Tlaamin Final Agreement requires that British Columbia enact legislation to give effect to the Tlaamin Final Agreement;
THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
1 (1) In this Act, "Tlaamin Final Agreement" means the Tlaamin Final Agreement among the Tlaamin Nation, Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada and Her Majesty the Queen in right of British Columbia set out in the Schedule, and includes
(a) that agreement as it is given effect by an Act of Canada, and
(b) amendments to that agreement made in accordance with it.
(2) Words and expressions used in this Act have the same meanings as they have in the Tlaamin Final Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise.
2 The Tlaamin Final Agreement is a treaty and a land claims agreement within the meaning of sections 25 and 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.
3 (1) The Tlaamin Final Agreement is approved, given effect and declared valid and has the force of law.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person or body
(a) has the powers, rights, privileges and benefits conferred, and
(b) must perform the duties and is subject to the liabilities imposed
on the person or body by the Tlaamin Final Agreement.
(3) Nothing in this Act that provides for a matter that is already provided for in the Tlaamin Final Agreement in any way limits this section.
4 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may authorize a member of the Executive Council to sign the Tlaamin Final Agreement.
5 The Tlaamin Final Agreement is binding on, and can be relied on by, all persons.
6 (1) As set out in paragraph 10 of Chapter 2 [General Provisions] of the Tlaamin Final Agreement, the Tlaamin Final Agreement prevails to the extent of an inconsistency or a Conflict with Provincial Law.
(2) As set out in paragraph 12 of Chapter 2 of the Tlaamin Final Agreement, Provincial Settlement Legislation prevails over other Provincial Laws to the extent of a Conflict.
7 (1) In this section, "estate in fee simple" means the estate in fee simple within the meaning of the Tlaamin Final Agreement.
(2) On the Effective Date, the Tlaamin Nation owns the estate in fee simple in the following lands:
(a) Tlaamin Lands, as identified in paragraph 1 of Chapter 3 [Lands] of the Tlaamin Final Agreement, except the Lund Hotel Parcels;
(b) Other Tlaamin Lands, as identified in paragraph 2 of Chapter 3 of the Tlaamin Final Agreement.
8 (1) As provided in paragraph 40 of Chapter 26 [Dispute Resolution] of the Tlaamin Final Agreement, if, in any judicial or administrative proceeding, an issue arises in respect of
(a) the interpretation or validity of the Tlaamin Final Agreement, or
(b) the validity or applicability of Settlement Legislation or a Tlaamin Law,
the issue must not be decided until the party raising the issue has properly served notice on the Attorney General of British Columbia, the Attorney General of Canada and the Tlaamin Nation.
(2) The notice required under subsection (1) must
(a) describe the judicial or administrative proceeding in which the issue arises,
(b) state whether the issue arises in respect of the matters referred to in subsection (1) (a) or (b) or both,
(c) state the day on which the issue is to be argued,
(d) give particulars necessary to show the point to be argued, and
(e) be served at least 14 days before the day of argument unless the court or tribunal authorizes a shorter notice.
(3) As provided in paragraph 41 of Chapter 26 of the Tlaamin Final Agreement, in a judicial or administrative proceeding to which subsection (1) applies, the Attorney General of British Columbia, the Attorney General of Canada and the Tlaamin Nation may appear and participate in the proceeding as parties with the same rights as any other party to the proceeding.
9 (1) Despite sections 2 and 16 of the Agricultural Land Commission Act, on the Effective Date, agricultural land, as defined in the Agricultural Land Commission Act, that is identified in Appendix E as Former Agricultural Land Reserve is excluded from the agricultural land reserve.
(2) Despite section 2 of the Agricultural Land Commission Act, on the Effective Date, the Provincial Agricultural Land Commission must amend the land reserve plan in accordance with subsection (1) of this section and provide notice to the Tlaamin Nation and the registrar of titles that the amendment has been made.
(3) Despite section 2 of the Agricultural Land Commission Act, section 21 of that Act does not apply in relation to a subdivision plan of Tlaamin Lands deposited in the land title office on the Effective Date for the purposes of registering those lands in the name of the Tlaamin Nation.
10 If, on the Effective Date, the letters patent of the Powell River Regional Hospital District have not been amended to include and designate the treaty lands of the Tlaamin Nation as a member of the district, those letters patent are deemed amended for that purpose.
11 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may authorize a member of the Executive Council to enter into, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen in right of British Columbia, an agreement that is contemplated by the Tlaamin Final Agreement.
12 (1) In this section, "tax treatment agreement" means the tax treatment agreement referred to in paragraphs 22 and 23 of Chapter 21 [Taxation] of the Tlaamin Final Agreement, which agreement
(a) is substantially in the form approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and
(b) has been signed by the parties and published by the minister in the Gazette,
and includes an amendment to the tax treatment agreement made in accordance with the terms of the tax treatment agreement if the agreement amending the tax treatment agreement satisfies both paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection.
(2) The tax treatment agreement is given effect and declared valid and its provisions have the force of law during the period they are in effect.
(3) The minister charged with the administration of the Financial Administration Act is authorized to enter into the tax treatment agreement, or an agreement amending the tax treatment agreement, and may sign the tax treatment agreement or agreement amending the tax treatment agreement before or after it has been approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
(4) As provided in paragraph 82 of Chapter 2 [General Provisions] of the Tlaamin Final Agreement, the tax treatment agreement does not form part of the Tlaamin Final Agreement and is not a treaty or land claims agreement within the meaning of sections 25 and 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.
13 The minister charged with the administration of the Wildlife Act has the authority to issue and amend licences, permits or other documents in respect of the Tlaamin Fishing Right for the purposes of and in accordance with paragraphs 76 to 81 of Chapter 9 [Fisheries] of the Tlaamin Final Agreement.
14 (1) In this section:
"allowable annual cut" has the same meaning as in the Forest Act;
"compensation" includes damages;
"forest minister" means the minister charged with the administration of the Forest Act;
"timber supply area" has the same meaning as in the Forest Act;
"tree farm licence area" has the same meaning as in the Forest Act.
(2) All rights to harvest timber, and all rights associated with a right to harvest timber, in Tlaamin Lands under an agreement referred to in section 12 of the Forest Act are extinguished.
(3) If the tree farm licence area of a tree farm licence under section 12 of the Forest Act is partly within Tlaamin Lands,
(a) within 21 days after the Effective Date, the forest minister, by written order effective on the Effective Date, must reduce the allowable annual cut available to the holder of the tree farm licence,
(b) the Tlaamin Lands included in the tree farm licence area are deleted from that tree farm licence area, and
(c) the tree farm licence is
(i) cancelled insofar as it applies to Tlaamin Lands, and
(ii) deemed amended to reflect the extinguishment under subsection (2), the deletion under paragraph (b) and the cancellation under subparagraph (i).
(4) If a timber supply area is partly within Tlaamin Lands,
(a) within 21 days after the Effective Date, the forest minister, by written order effective on the Effective Date, may reduce the allowable annual cut for each forest licence under section 12 of the Forest Act that is in the timber supply area, and
(b) any forest licence under section 12 of the Forest Act affected by a reduction under paragraph (a) is deemed amended to reflect the extinguishment under subsection (2), and any reduction under paragraph (a).
(5) If the land to which a road permit under section 12 of the Forest Act applies is partly Tlaamin Lands,
(a) the Tlaamin Lands to which the road permit applies are deleted from that area, and
(b) the road permit is
(i) cancelled insofar as it applies to Tlaamin Lands, and
(ii) deemed amended to reflect the deletion under paragraph (a) and the cancellation under subparagraph (i).
(6) An allowable annual cut reduction under subsection (3) (a) or (4) (a) is deemed, for the purposes of the definition of allowable annual cut, to be an allowable annual cut reduction made under the Forest Act.
(7) The government must pay to a holder of an agreement referred to in subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) compensation, in the amount determined in accordance with regulations under this section, for or in respect of any of the following:
(a) harvesting rights or associated rights taken by
(i) an extinguishment under subsection (2),
(ii) an allowable annual cut reduction under subsection (3) (a) or (4) (a),
(iii) a deletion under subsection (3) (b) or (5) (a),
(iv) a cancellation under subsection (3) (c) or (5) (b), or
(v) a deemed amendment under subsection (3) (c), (4) (b) or (5) (b);
(b) improvements, attached to or forming part of Tlaamin Lands,
(i) that were constructed by the holder, or
(ii) in respect of which the holder purchased rights;
(c) an order under subsection (11);
(d) prescribed matters,
and, except as specified in those regulations, no compensation is payable for any effect of the Tlaamin Final Agreement on the holder's agreement.
(8) An action or other proceeding must not be brought or continued against the government for compensation to which subsection (7) applies in an amount that exceeds the amount authorized by regulations referred to in that subsection.
(9) An extinguishment of harvesting rights or associated rights under subsection (2), an allowable annual cut reduction under subsection (3) (a) or (4) (a), a deletion of land under subsection (3) (b) or (5) (a), a cancellation under subsection (3) (c) or (5) (b), a deemed amendment under subsection (3) (c), (4) (b) or (5) (b) or an order under subsection (11) does not constitute an expropriation within the meaning of the Expropriation Act.
(10) If the government and the holder of an agreement under section 12 of the Forest Act do not agree on the amount of compensation payable under subsection (7) of this section, the matter must be submitted for determination under the Commercial Arbitration Act.
(11) The forest minister, by written order, may require the holder of an agreement referred to in subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) to deactivate, in accordance with the requirements under the Forest and Range Practices Act, a road constructed or maintained under the agreement and located in the Tlaamin Lands that were subject to the agreement.
(12) An order under subsection (11) must specify
(a) the location of the road,
(b) the date by which the deactivation must be completed,
(c) the right of the forest minister to carry out the deactivation and recover the costs under section 74 (3) (b) and (c) of the Forest and Range Practices Act, and
(d) the right of the forest minister to impose an administrative penalty under section 74 (3) (d) of the Forest and Range Practices Act for a failure to comply with the order.
(13) Section 74 (3) to (8) of the Forest and Range Practices Act applies to an order under subsection (11) of this section as if the order were an order under section 74 (1) of the Forest and Range Practices Act.
(14) As soon as practicable after making an order under subsection (3) (a), (4) (a) or (11), the forest minister must give, in accordance with section 110 of the Forest and Range Practices Act, a copy of the order to the holder of the agreement affected by that order.
(15) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of this section, including, without limitation, establishing
(a) the matters in respect of, and the circumstances in which, compensation may be paid, and
(b) a method for determining the amount of compensation in respect of those matters and circumstances.
(16) Regulations under subsection (15) may be different for different classes of agreements, holders, matters or circumstances.
15 (1) In this section:
"foreshore agreement" means the agreement required under paragraph 48 of Chapter 3 [Lands] of the Tlaamin Final Agreement and includes an amendment to that agreement that is published under subsection (3);
"identified area" means the area identified, in the foreshore agreement, for the purposes of paragraph 49 a. of Chapter 3 of the Tlaamin Final Agreement.
(2) Within the identified area, the Tlaamin Nation may
(a) exercise law-making authority delegated to it under the foreshore agreement, and
(b) enforce laws enacted under the delegation.
(3) The minister must publish the foreshore agreement, and any amendment to the foreshore agreement, in the Gazette.
(4) For the term of the foreshore agreement,
(a) the Powell River Regional District may not exercise any of its powers or perform any of its duties in the identified area, except
(i) powers and duties in relation to the services described in section 800 (2) (a) and (b) of the Local Government Act, including, without limitation, powers and duties in respect of elections and other voting, financial planning and borrowing, tax rates and exemptions, and requisitioning,
(ii) corporate powers under section 176 of the Local Government Act, and
(iii) powers and duties in respect of a service under the Hospital District Act, and
(b) the bylaws of the Powell River Regional District in relation to any matter, except the matters described in paragraph (a) (i) to (iii), do not apply in the identified area.
(5) If, on the date the foreshore agreement comes into effect, the Tlaamin Nation has not enacted a law under a law-making authority delegated by the foreshore agreement, a bylaw, if any, of the Powell River Regional District in respect of the delegated matter, that applied in the identified area immediately before the coming into effect of the foreshore agreement
(a) is deemed to have been enacted by the Tlaamin Nation under the foreshore agreement,
(b) until amended by the Tlaamin Nation to provide differently, may be enforced by the Tlaamin Nation in the same manner and to the same extent as the bylaw was enforceable by the regional district, and
(c) may be amended or repealed by the Tlaamin Nation as if it has been enacted by the Tlaamin Nation.
(6) Subsection (5) ceases to have effect in respect of a delegated law-making authority 6 months after the date the foreshore agreement comes into effect, unless, before that date, the Tlaamin Nation has amended an applicable bylaw, in which case, the bylaw is deemed to be a law of the Tlaamin Nation enacted under the delegated law-making authority.
16 (1) In this section, "personal information" and "public body" have the same meanings as in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
(2) A public body may collect personal information by a method authorized under the Tlaamin Final Agreement.
17 The Municipal Finance Authority Act does not apply in relation to Tlaamin Lands.
18 (1) For the purposes of determining the eligibility of individuals for enrolment under the Tlaamin Final Agreement, enrolling individuals under the Tlaamin Final Agreement and ratifying that agreement by the Tlaamin Nation,
(a) Chapters 22 [Eligibility and Enrolment] and 23 [Ratification] of that agreement are conclusively deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2009 and are retroactive to the extent necessary to give them force and effect on and after that date,
(b) all things done that would have been validly done if Chapters 22 and 23 of the Tlaamin Final Agreement had been in force on April 1, 2009 are conclusively deemed to have been validly done, and
(c) a person, committee or board is conclusively deemed to have had since April 1, 2009 the powers, privileges and immunities the person, committee or board would have had if Chapters 22 and 23 of the Tlaamin Final Agreement had been in force on April 1, 2009.
(2) Each of the following bodies, despite the Personal Information Protection Act, is conclusively deemed to have had, on and after April 1, 2009, lawful authority to collect, use and disclose personal information as necessary for determining the eligibility of individuals for enrolment under the Tlaamin Final Agreement, enrolling individuals under the Tlaamin Final Agreement and ratifying that agreement by the Tlaamin Nation, all in accordance with the processes required by that agreement:
(a) the Enrolment Committee established under paragraph 12 of Chapter 22 of the Tlaamin Final Agreement;
(b) the Enrolment Appeal Board established under paragraph 21 of Chapter 22 of the Tlaamin Final Agreement;
(c) the Ratification Committee established under paragraph 5 of Chapter 23 of the Tlaamin Final Agreement.
(3) A body referred to in subsection (2) must comply with section 35 of the Personal Information Protection Act in relation to the personal information referred to in subsection (2) of this section as if the body were an organization as defined in that Act.
(4) This section must not be construed as lacking retroactive effect in relation to any matter because it makes no specific reference to that matter.
19 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make the orders and regulations that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable for the purpose of carrying out any provision of the Tlaamin Final Agreement.
20 (1) Despite this or any other Act, after consulting with the Sliammon Indian Band or the Tlaamin Nation, as the case may be, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations consistent with the Tlaamin Final Agreement as follows:
(a) respecting any matter that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers is not provided for, or is not sufficiently provided for, in this Act or another Act affected by the Tlaamin Final Agreement, an agreement contemplated by the Tlaamin Final Agreement or this Act;
(b) making provisions the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable for the purpose of more effectively bringing into operation the Tlaamin Final Agreement, or an agreement contemplated by the Tlaamin Final Agreement, in accordance with its terms, including, without limitation, provisions giving authority to a person or body, or restricting the authority of a person or body, in accordance with that agreement;
(c) making provisions the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable for the purpose of preventing, minimizing or otherwise addressing any transitional difficulties encountered in bringing into effect the Tlaamin Final Agreement, an agreement contemplated by the Tlaamin Final Agreement, this Act or an Act affected by the Tlaamin Final Agreement or other agreement, including, without limitation, provisions making an exception to or a modification of a provision in an Act or providing for the continued application of a previous enactment;
(d) resolving any errors, inconsistencies or ambiguities in this Act or another Act that arise in relation to the Tlaamin Final Agreement or an agreement contemplated by the Tlaamin Final Agreement.
(2) A regulation under subsection (1) may be made retroactive to a date not earlier than the Effective Date.
(3) To the extent of any conflict between a regulation under subsection (1) and another enactment, the regulation prevails.
(4) A regulation under subsection (1) ceases to have effect at the end of the last day of the next session of the Legislative Assembly after the regulation is made.
(5) A regulation may not be made under subsection (1) if a regulation having the same effect has been made under that subsection.
(6) Regulations under subsection (1) may only be made,
(a) in relation to a tax, for 2 years after the date on which the exemption from the tax for a Tlaamin Citizen ends under paragraph 16 a. or b. of Chapter 21 [Taxation] of the Tlaamin Final Agreement, and
(b) in relation to any other matter, for 2 years after the Effective Date.
Land Act
21 Section 109.1 of the Land Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 245, is amended by adding the following subsection:
(3) Canada and a treaty first nation are exempt from paying fees under subsection (1) that are payable in relation to services provided under this Act in respect of a survey required by or for the purposes of the final agreement of the treaty first nation.
Land Title Act
22 Section 386.2 of the Land Title Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 250, is amended by striking out "subject to sections 386 (7.1) and 386.1 (3) and the operating agreement" and substituting "subject to sections 386 (7.1) and 386.1 (3), section 34 of Schedule 1 and the operating agreement".
23 Section 25 of Schedule 1 is amended
(a) by adding the following subsections:
(1.1) If a final agreement requires that a registered parcel, the indefeasible title of which is not to be registered in the name of the treaty first nation on the date the final agreement is effective, be designated on that effective date as treaty lands of the treaty first nation, a certificate that
(a) is signed by the minister charged with the administration of the Treaty Commission Act,
(b) is filed on that effective date,
(c) contains a description of the parcel sufficient for the registrar to identify it in the records, and
(d) certifies that
(i) the parcel forms part of the treaty lands of that treaty first nation,
(ii) the registered owner of the indefeasible title of the parcel and any holders of encumbrances registered against that title have consented to the parcel being treaty lands of that treaty first nation, and
(iii) section 50 of the Land Act does not apply in respect of the parcel,
constitutes conclusive evidence to the registrar of the matters certified.
(8) On receiving a certificate under subsection (1.1), the registrar must, in respect of the parcel, endorse in the register the notation described in section 3 (1). , and
(b) in subsection (3) by striking out "application for registration under this section" and substituting "application for registration under subsection (1) or for designation under subsection (1.1)".
24 Schedule 1 is amended by adding the following Part:
34 Despite sections 386 and 386.1 of the Act, no fee under this Act or the bylaws of the Land Title and Survey Authority is payable by Canada, the treaty first nation or any other person in relation to any of the following:
(a) the first registration of indefeasible title to a parcel in the name of the treaty first nation if the parcel is, under the final agreement,
(i) vested in the treaty first nation on the effective date, or
(ii) a parcel that under that final agreement may be added after that effective date to the treaty lands of that treaty first nation;
(b) the first registration of an instrument granting an estate or interest in treaty lands if the estate or interest is required under the final agreement to be registered in the land title office;
(c) the deposit of any plan, or a certificate under this Schedule, in relation to a matter referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);
(d) the issuance of a State of Title Certificate in relation to a matter referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);
(e) the filing of a certificate under section 25 (1.1).
Local Government Act
25 Section 795.5 of the Local Government Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 323, is repealed.
Maa‑nulth First Nations Final Agreement Act
26 The Maa‑nulth First Nations Final Agreement Act, S.B.C. 2007, c. 43, is amended by adding the following section:
13.2 (1) In this section:
"applicable Maa‑nulth First Nation", in respect of a foreshore agreement, means the Maa‑nulth First Nation that is a party to the foreshore agreement;
"applicable regional district" means the Alberni Clayoquot Regional District or the Strathcona Regional District, as applicable, in which an identified area is located;
"foreshore agreement" means an agreement with a Maa‑nulth First Nation required under section 14.5.1 [foreshore agreements] of the Maa‑nulth First Nations Final Agreement and includes an amendment to the agreement published under subsection (4);
"identified area" means the area identified, in a foreshore agreement, for the purposes of section 14.5.2 a. of the Maa‑nulth First Nations Final Agreement.
(2) Within an identified area, the applicable Maa‑nulth First Nation may
(a) exercise law-making authority delegated to it under the foreshore agreement, and
(b) enforce laws enacted under the delegation.
(3) The law-making authority in respect of a matter that is delegated under a foreshore agreement is limited to authority comparable to the authority of a municipality in respect of the same matter.
(4) The minister must publish foreshore agreements, and any amendments to foreshore agreements, in the Gazette.
(5) On and after the date the first amendment to the foreshore agreement that applies to an identified area comes into effect, for the term of the foreshore agreement,
(a) the applicable regional district may not exercise any of its powers or perform any of its duties in the identified area, except
(i) powers and duties in relation to the services described in section 800 (2) (a) and (b) of the Local Government Act, including, without limitation, powers and duties in respect of elections and other voting, financial planning and borrowing, tax rates and exemptions, and requisitions,
(ii) corporate powers under section 176 of the Local Government Act, and
(iii) powers and duties in respect of a service under the Hospital District Act, and
(b) the bylaws of the applicable regional district in relation to any matter, except the matters described in paragraph (a) (i) to (iii), do not apply in that identified area.
(6) Subsection (4) of section 795.5 of the Local Government Act, to the extent it applied in respect of a bylaw of an applicable regional district immediately before the repeal of that section by the Tlaamin Final Agreement Act, continues to apply, to the bylaw, as the subsection read immediately before that repeal.
(7) If, on the date the first amendment to a foreshore agreement comes into effect, the applicable Maa‑nulth First Nation has not enacted a law under a law-making authority delegated by that amendment, a bylaw, if any, of the applicable regional district in respect of the delegated matter, that applied in the applicable identified area immediately before that date
(a) is deemed to have been enacted by the applicable Maa‑nulth First Nation under the foreshore agreement,
(b) until amended by the applicable Maa‑nulth First Nation to provide differently, may be enforced by the applicable Maa‑nulth First Nation in the same manner and to the same extent as the bylaw was enforceable by the regional district, and
(c) may be amended or repealed by the applicable Maa‑nulth First Nation as if it has been enacted by the applicable Maa‑nulth First Nation.
(8) Subsections (6) and (7) cease to have effect in respect of a delegated law-making authority,
(a) in the case of subsection (6), 6 months after the date the repeal of section 795.5 of the Local Government Act by the Tlaamin Final Agreement Act comes into force, and
(b) in the case of subsection (7), 6 months after the amendment to the foreshore agreement under which the delegation is made comes into effect,
unless, before the end of the applicable 6-month period, the applicable Maa‑nulth First Nation has amended an applicable bylaw, in which case, the bylaw is deemed to be a law of that Maa‑nulth First Nation enacted under the delegated authority.
Yale First Nation Final Agreement Act
27 The Yale First Nation Final Agreement Act, S.B.C. 2011, c. 11, is amended by striking out the following before the preamble:
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows: .
28 The provisions of this Act referred to in column 1 of the following table come into force as set out in column 2 of the table:
Item |
Column 1
Provisions of Act |
Column 2
Commencement |
1 | Anything not elsewhere covered by this table | The date of Royal Assent |
2 | Sections 1 to 3 | By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council |
3 | Sections 5 to 17 | By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council |
4 | Sections 19 and 20 | By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council |
5 |
Schedule except Chapters 22 and 23 |
By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council |
6 | Schedule Chapters 22 and 23 | April 1, 2009 |
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