Bill C-39

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R.S., c. S-23	Canada Student Loans Act
1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 132)	113. *Subsection 2(2) of the Canada Student Loans Act* is replaced by the following:**
Territories	(2) In its application to Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, the expression ``lieutenant governor in council'' in this Act means the Commissioner of Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, acting after consultation with the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, the Council of the Northwest Territories or the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, as the case may be.
1996, c. 10	Canada Transportation Act
1999, c. 3, s. 20(1)	114. *Paragraph (d) of the definition ``superior court'' in section 6 of the English version of the Canada Transportation Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(d) in Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court,
R.S., c. C-11	Canada Water Act
	115. *The definition ``federal waters'' in subsection 2(1) of the Canada Water Act* is replaced by the following:**
``federal waters'' « eaux fédérales »	``federal waters'' means, other than in Yukon , waters under the exclusive legislative jurisdiction of Parliament and, in Yukon, waters in a federal conservation area within the meaning of section 2 of the Yukon Act;
1998, c. 5	Canada-Yukon Oil and Gas Accord Implementation Act
	116. *Subsection 19(2) of the Canada-Yukon Oil and Gas Accord Implementation Act* is replaced by the following:**
Definitions	(2) The expressions ``adjoining area'', ``gas'', ``oil'', ``oil and gas interest'', ``territorial oil and gas minister'' and ``Yukon oil and gas laws'' in sections 20 to 28 have the same meaning as in section 2 of the Yukon Act, as it read immediately before the coming into force of this subsection .
	117. (1) Section 21 of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
Exercise of access rights	21. Where Yukon oil and gas laws confer a right of access to lands for purposes of exploration for or production or transportation of oil or gas, and provide for the resolution of disputes between persons exercising that right and persons, other than the Governments of Canada and Yukon, having rights or interests in the surface of those lands, those laws shall provide for such resolution to be by means of access orders of the Yukon Surface Rights Board made in accordance with the Yukon Surface Rights Board Act.
	(2) Section 21 of the Act is repealed.
	118. Subsections 25(1) and (2) of the English version of the Act are replaced by the following:
Indemnificati on by Yukon	25. (1) The Yukon Government shall indemnify the Government of Canada against any claim, action or other proceeding for damages brought against the Government of Canada, or any of its employees or agents, arising out of any acts or omissions of the Yukon Government in respect of the operation of Yukon oil and gas laws on and after the transfer date.
Indemnificati on by Canada	(2) The Government of Canada shall indemnify the Yukon Government against any claim, action or other proceeding for damages brought against the Yukon Government, or any of its employees or agents, after the transfer date in respect of the operation of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, the Canada Petroleum Resources Act or Part II.1 of the National Energy Board Act before the transfer date.
	119. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 27:
Laws of the Legislature	27.1 Every reference to ``Yukon oil and gas laws'' in sections 20, 21, 22 and 25 shall be read so as to include any laws of the Legislature of Yukon in respect of oil and gas.
R.S., c. C-13	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Act
1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 11)	120. *Paragraph 4(b) of the English version of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(b) thirteen other governors, one to be nominated by the lieutenant governor in council of each of the ten provinces, one to be nominated by the Commissioner of Yukon, one to be nominated by the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories and one to be nominated by the Commissioner of Nunavut;
1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 12)	121. Subsection 26(4) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
Report to be sent to each province	(4) Without delay after the report is laid before Parliament under subsection (2), the Minister shall send a copy of it to the lieutenant governor of each province, the Commissioner of Yukon, the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories and the Commissioner of Nunavut.
1992, c. 37	Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
1998, c. 15, subpar. 50(b)( i)	122. *(1) The portion of the definition ``federal authority'' in subsection 2(1) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act* after paragraph (d) is replaced by the following:**
	but does not include the Legislature or an agency or body of Yukon or Nunavut, the Commissioner in Council or an agency or body of the Northwest Territories, a council of the band within the meaning of the Indian Act, The Hamilton Harbour Commissioners constituted pursuant to The Hamilton Harbour Commissioners' Act, The Toronto Harbour Commissioners constituted pursuant to The Toronto Harbour Commissioners' Act, 1911, a harbour commission established pursuant to the Harbour Commissions Act, a Crown corporation within the meaning of the Financial Administration Act, a not-for-profit corporation that enters into an agreement under subsection 80(5) of the Canada Marine Act or a port authority established under that Act;
1998, c. 15, subpar. 50(b)( ii)	(2) Paragraph (a) of the definition ``federal lands'' in subsection 2(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(a) lands that belong to Her Majesty in right of Canada, or that Her Majesty in right of Canada has the power to dispose of, and all waters on and airspace above those lands, other than lands under the administration and control of the Commissioner of Yukon , the Northwest Territories or Nunavut and lands the management of which has been granted to a port authority under the Canada Marine Act or a not-for-profit corporation that has entered into an agreement under subsection 80(5) of that Act,
1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 14)	123. Subparagraph 48(6)(a)(i) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(i) for the purposes of land claim settlement have been withdrawn from disposal, under the Territorial Lands Act in the case of land areas situated in the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, or under a law of the Legislature of Yukon in the case of land areas situated in Yukon, or
1999, c. 33	Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
	124. *Subparagraph 6(2)(c)(v) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999* is replaced by the following:**
	(v) one representative for all aboriginal governments, except Inuit, in British Columbia and Yukon, and
	125. Section 207 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):
Yukon	(1.1) This Part does not apply to public real property under the administration and control of the Commissioner of Yukon pursuant to the Yukon Act.
R.S., c. H-6	Canadian Human Rights Act
1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 68)	126. *Paragraph 37(1)(d) of the Canadian Human Rights Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(d) respecting the procedure to be followed in dealing with complaints under Part III that have arisen in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut;
1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 69)	127. Section 63 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Application in the territories	63. Where a complaint under this Part relates to an act or omission that occurred in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, it may not be dealt with under this Part unless the act or omission could be the subject of a complaint under this Part had it occurred in a province.
1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 70(1))	128. Subsections 66(1) and (2) of the Act are replaced by the following:
Binding on Her Majesty	66. (1) This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada, except in matters respecting the Yukon Government or the Government of the Northwest Territories or Nunavut.
R.S., c. 24 (4th Supp.)	Canadian Multiculturalism Act
1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 16)	129. *Paragraph (c) of the definition ``federal institution'' in section 2 of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(c) any institution of the Council or government of the Northwest Territories or of the Legislative Assembly or government of Yukon or Nunavut, or
1989, c. 3	Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act
1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 17)	130. *Subsection 14(2) of the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act* is replaced by the following:**
Request by a department or province	(2) Subject to section 18, the Board may investigate a transportation occurrence where a department, the lieutenant governor in council of a province or the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, or the Commissioner of Yukon with the consent of the Executive Council of that territory , requests the Board to investigate and undertakes to be liable to the Board for any reasonable costs incurred by the Board in the investigation.
R.S., c. C-29	Citizenship Act
1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 18)	131. *Section 37 of the Citizenship Act* is replaced by the following:**
Coming into force	37. Sections 35 and 36 shall come into force in any of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland or in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut on a day fixed in a proclamation of the Governor in Council declaring those sections to be in force in that Province or any of those territories.
1992, c. 31	Coasting Trade Act
1999, c. 3, s. 21	132. *Paragraph (f) of the definition ``court'' in subsection 16(22) of the English version of the Coasting Trade Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(f) the Supreme Court of Yukon, the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories and the Nunavut Court of Justice, and
R.S., c. C-36	Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act
1999, c. 3, s. 22	133. *Paragraph (d) of the definition ``court'' in section 2 of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(d) in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court, and in Nunavut, the Nunavut Court of Justice;
	134. Section 13 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Leave to appeal	13. Except in Yukon, any person dissatisfied with an order or a decision made under this Act may appeal from the order or decision on obtaining leave of the judge appealed from or of the court or a judge of the court to which the appeal lies and on such terms as to security and in other respects as the judge or court directs.
	135. Subsection 14(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Practice	(2) All appeals under section 13 shall be regulated as far as possible according to the practice in other cases of the court appealed to, but no appeal shall be entertained unless, within twenty-one days after the rendering of the order or decision being appealed, or within such further time as the court appealed from, or, in Yukon, a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, allows, the appellant has taken proceedings therein to perfect his or her appeal, and within that time he or she has made a deposit or given sufficient security according to the practice of the court appealed to that he or she will duly prosecute the appeal and pay such costs as may be awarded to the respondent and comply with any terms as to security or otherwise imposed by the judge giving leave to appeal.
1991, c. 48	Cooperative Credit Associations Act
1999, c. 3, s. 24	136. *Paragraph (f) of the definition ``court'' in section 2 of the English version of the Cooperative Credit Associations Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(f) the Supreme Court of Yukon, the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories and the Nunavut Court of Justice;
R.S., c. C-46	Criminal Code
1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 25(1))	137. *(1) Subparagraph (b)(i) of the definition ``Attorney General'' in section 2 of the Criminal Code* is replaced by the following:**
	(i) Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, or
	(2) Paragraph (f) of the definition ``superior court of criminal jurisdiction'' in section 2 of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(f) in Yukon, the Supreme Court,
	138. Paragraph 8(1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(a) in Yukon, in so far as they are inconsistent with the Yukon Act;
1992, c. 51, s. 34	139. Paragraph (d) of the definition ``court'' in subsection 164(8) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(d) in the Provinces of Nova Scotia and British Columbia, in Yukon and in the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court, and
1999, c. 3, s. 28	140. Paragraph 188(4)(f) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(f) in Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, the senior judge within the meaning of subsection 22(3) of the Judges Act.
1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 30); 1996, c. 8, par. 31(1)(d)	141. Paragraph (e) of the definition ``Minister of Health'' in subsection 287(6) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(e) in Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, the Minister of Health;
1992, c. 51, s. 36	142. Paragraph (d) of the definition ``court'' in subsection 320(8) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(d) in the Provinces of Nova Scotia and British Columbia, in Yukon and in the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court, and
R.S., c. 27 (2nd Supp.), s. 10 (Sch., s. 6(10)); 1999, c. 3, s. 30(1)(E)	143. Paragraph (e) of the definition ``judge'' in section 493 of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(e) in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, a judge of the Supreme Court, and
1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 33)	144. Section 533 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Regulations	533. The Lieutenant Governor in Council of a province may make regulations generally for carrying into effect the purposes and provisions of this Part in the province and the Commissioner of Yukon, the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories and the Commissioner of Nunavut may make regulations generally for carrying into effect the purposes and provisions of this Part in Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, respectively.
R.S., c. 27 (2nd Supp.), s. 10 (Sch., s. 6(12)); 1999, c. 3, s. 36(1)(E)	145. Paragraph (i) of the definition ``judge'' in section 552 of the Act is replaced by the following: