Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in the Northwest Territories (Dogrib Settlement Agreement, North Slave Region, N.W.T.)

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Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to paragraph 23(a) of the Territorial Lands Act, hereby makes the annexed Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in the Northwest Territories (Dogrib Settlement Agreement, North Slave Region, N.W.T.).

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The purpose of this Order is to withdraw certain lands from disposal to facilitate the settlement of the Dogrib claims in the North Slave Region in the Northwest Territories.

Subject to sections 3 and 4, the tracts of territorial lands set out in Schedules 1 and 2 are withdrawn from disposal for the period beginning on the day on which this Order is made and ending on August 31, 2005.

Exceptions

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Section 2 does not apply to the disposition of

(a)substances or materials under the Territorial Quarrying Regulations; or

(b)surface interests in the lands set out in Schedule 1.

Existing Rights and Interests

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For greater certainty, section 2 does not apply to

(a)the locating of a claim by the holder of a prospecting permit who was granted that permit before the day on which this Order is made;

(b)the recording of a claim referred to in paragraph (a) or that was located before the day on which this Order is made;

(c)the granting of a lease under the Canada Mining Regulations to a person with a recorded claim where the lease covers an area within the recorded claim;

(d)the issuance of a significant discovery licence under the Canada Petroleum Resources Act to a holder of an exploration licence that was issued before the day on which this Order is made where the significant discovery licence covers an area subject to the exploration licence;

(e)the issuance of a production licence under the Canada Petroleum Resources Act to a holder of a significant discovery licence referred to in paragraph (d) where the production licence covers an area subject to the significant discovery licence;

(f)the issuance of a production licence under the Canada Petroleum Resources Act to a holder of an exploration licence or a significant discovery licence that was issued before the day on which this Order is made where the production licence covers an area subject to the exploration licence or the significant discovery licence;

(g)the granting of a surface lease under the Territorial Lands Act to a holder of a recorded claim under the Canada Mining Regulations or of an interest under the Canada Petroleum Resources Act where the surface lease is required to allow the holder to exercise rights under the claim or interest; or

(h)the renewal of an interest.

Repeal

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Schedule 1 · Tracts of Lands Withdrawn from Disposal (Dogrib Settlement Agreement, North Slave Region, N.W.T.) (Sections 2 and 3)

In the Northwest Territories, all those parcels of land shown hatched in red on the National Topographic Series Maps, numbered and lettered 85J, 85K, 85N, 86B and 86C, labelled “LAND WITHDRAWAL” and dated on the label 00/05/08, in the custody of the Head of Lands Transactions in the Land, Water and Forest Management Division of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development at Ottawa and copies of which have been deposited with the Manager of the Land Administration Office, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development at Yellowknife.

Schedule 2 · Tracts of Lands Withdrawn from Disposal (Dogrib Settlement Agreement, North Slave Region, N.W.T.) (Section 2)

In the Northwest Territories, all those parcels of land shown outlined in red, excluding those parcels shown hatched in red, on the National Topographic Series Maps, numbered and lettered 85J, 85K, 85M, 85N, 85O, 86A, 86B, 86C, 86D, 86E and 86F, labelled “LAND WITHDRAWAL” and dated on the label 00/05/08, in the custody of the Head of Lands Transactions in the Land, Water and Forest Management Division of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development at Ottawa and copies of which have been deposited with the Manager of the Land Administration Office, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development at Yellowknife.

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