Northwest Territories Surface Rights Board Act

Whereas the Gwich’in, Sahtu, Inuvialuit and Tlicho Agreements allow for the establishment by legislation of a regime for the determination of terms and conditions of access to Gwich’in lands, Sahtu lands and Tlicho lands, and the waters overlying those lands, and Inuvialuit lands, as well as the compensation to be paid in respect of that access;Whereas, in addition, it is appropriate to establish a regime for the determination of terms and conditions of access to other land in the Northwest Territories and the compensation to be paid in respect of that access;And whereas it is appropriate to establish, in accordance with the Agreements, a surface rights board as an institution of public government, whose purpose is to resolve matters in dispute relating to terms and conditions of access to lands and waters, primarily for a commercial purpose, and the compensation to be paid in respect of that access;Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

Short Title

Interpretation

Precedence

Application

General Provisions

Establishment and Organization of the Northwest Territories Surface Rights Board

Applications and Hearings

Orders in Relation to Designated Land and Tlicho Lands

Orders in Relation to Non-Designated Land

General

Transitional Provisions