Bill S-5
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2nd Session, 41st Parliament,
62-63 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014
senate of canada
BILL S-5
An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act (Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve of Canada)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
SHORT TITLE
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve Act.
2000, c. 32
CANADA NATIONAL PARKS ACT
2009, c. 17, par. 12(2)(b)
2. The portion of subsection 24(2) of the Canada National Parks Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Offence
(2) Every person who contravenes any provision of the regulations other than a provision designated by regulations made under paragraph 16(1)(y), any condition of a permit, licence or other authorizing instrument issued under the regulations or under subsection 41.1(3) or (4) or 41.4(2) or (3) or any order or direction given by a superintendent, park warden or enforcement officer under subsection 41.1(3) or (4) or 41.4(2) or (3) is guilty of an offence and liable
2013, c. 28, s. 2
3. Section 39 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Application of Act
39. Subject to sections 40 to 41.4, this Act applies to a park reserve as if it were a park.
2014, c. 2, s. 50
4. Subsection 41.1(4) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Water licences
(4) The Minister may issue, amend, renew, suspend or cancel — or approve the assignment of — licences for the use of waters in the expansion area for the purposes of the mining access roads referred to in subsection (2) and, in relation to those licences, subsections 31(3) and 72.03(1), (5) and (6), sections 72.04, 72.1, 72.11, 72.12 and 72.14, subsections 85(1) and (2) and sections 85.1 to 85.3, 86.1 to 87, 89 and 93.2 of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act and the regulations made under that Act apply, with any adaptations that may be necessary, as if the references in those provisions to the federal Minister or a board were references to the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency and the references in those provisions to an inspector were references to the superintendent of the Park Reserve, a park warden or an enforcement officer designated for the purposes of this subsection.
5. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 41.3:
Powers of Minister — Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve of Canada
41.4 (1) The Minister may enter into leases or licences of occupation of, and easements over, public lands in Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve of Canada for the purposes of
(a) a mining access road following the existing route from Tungsten to Howard’s Pass and any alteration to or deviation from that route, including the sites of storage and other facilities connected with that road; or
(b) a mining access road from the road referred to in paragraph (a) to the mineral claims in the area of Lened Creek that are in existence on the day on which this section comes into force.
Land use permits
(2) The Minister may issue, amend, renew, suspend or cancel — or approve the assignment of — permits and authorizations for the use of public lands in Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve of Canada for the purposes of the mining access roads referred to in subsection (1) and, in relation to those permits and authorizations, subsection 31(3) and sections 59, 62, 71 and 85 to 87 of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act and the regulations made under that Act — other than any regulations respecting time limits and public hearings — apply, with any adaptations that may be necessary, as if the references in those provisions to the federal Minister or a board were references to the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency and the references in those provisions to an inspector were references to the superintendent of Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve of Canada, a park warden or an enforcement officer designated for the purposes of this subsection.
Water licences
(3) The Minister may issue, amend, renew, suspend or cancel — or approve the assignment of — licences for the use of waters in Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve of Canada for the purposes of the mining access roads referred to in subsection (1) and, in relation to those licences, subsections 31(3) and 72.03(1), (5) and (6), sections 72.04, 72.1, 72.11, 72.12 and 72.14, subsections 85(1) and (2) and sections 85.1 to 85.3, 86.1 to 87, 89 and 93.2 of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act and the regulations made under that Act apply, with any adaptations that may be necessary, as if the references in those provisions to the federal Minister or a board were references to the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency and the references in those provisions to an inspector were references to the superintendent of Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve of Canada, a park warden or an enforcement officer designated for the purposes of this subsection.
Existing permits, authorizations and licences
(4) Permits and authorizations for the use of land and licences for the use of waters, issued under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act, and licences for the use of waters issued under the Northwest Territories Waters Act, that are in effect on the coming into force of this section in respect of public lands in Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve of Canada continue in effect according to their terms and conditions.
Deemed issuance
(5) For the purposes of this Act, the permits and authorizations for the use of land referred to in subsection (4) are deemed to have been issued under subsection (2) and the licences for the use of waters referred to in subsection (4) are deemed to have been issued under subsection (3).
Continuation — leases, easements and licences of occupation
(6) Existing leases, easements and licences of occupation relating to public lands in Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve of Canada are continued under this Act in accordance with their terms and conditions, which prevail over this Act to the extent of any inconsistency between them.
Renewals — leases and licences of occupation
(7) Those leases and licences of occupation may be renewed in accordance with their terms and conditions. If a lease or licence of occupation does not provide for its renewal, then it may be renewed in accordance with this Act.
Creation of park
(8) For the purposes of subsections 5(1) and 6(2), leases, easements, licences of occupation, land use permits and authorizations and water licences relating to public lands in Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve of Canada are deemed not to encumber or affect title to those lands, but if those lands become a park they continue in effect according to their terms and conditions.
Application to park
(9) After any public lands in Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve of Canada become a park, this section continues to apply in respect of those lands with any adaptations that may be necessary.
6. Schedule 2 to the Act is amended by adding the following after the description of Kluane National Park Reserve of Canada:
NÁÁTS’IHCH’OH NATIONAL PARK RESERVE OF CANADA
In the Northwest Territories;
All of Parts I and II described as follows:
Part I
Commencing at the point of intersection of the Yukon/Northwest Territories Boundary with the southerly boundary of the Sahtu Settlement Area (as described in the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, Volume 1, Appendix A) at approximate latitude 62°06′39″ North and approximate longitude 129°10′00″ West;
Thence northeasterly along the southerly boundary of the Sahtu Settlement Area to a point on the southerly boundary of the Sahtu Settlement Area at latitude 62°09′40″ North and approximate longitude 129°00′36″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°11′49″ North and longitude 129°05′10″ West;
Thence northeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°15′47″ North and longitude 129°04′05″ West;
Thence northeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°18′00″ North and longitude 128°56′38″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°17′28″ North and longitude 128°54′04″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point on a southerly boundary of the Sahtu Settlement Area at longitude 128°48′29″ West and approximate latitude 62°13′30″ North;
Thence northeasterly along the southerly boundary of the Sahtu Settlement Area to a point on the southerly boundary of the Sahtu Settlement Area at longitude 128°36′58″ West and approximate latitude 62°17′06″ North;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°20′10″ North and longitude 128°42′25″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°23′38″ North and longitude 128°56′10″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°20′20″ North and longitude 129°02′28″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°22′52″ North and longitude 129°04′55″ West;
Thence westerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°23′02″ North and longitude 129°12′50″ West;
Thence southerly in a straight line to the intersection of latitude 62°22′13″ North with the Yukon/Northwest Territories Boundary at approximate longitude 129°13′08″ West;
Thence generally southerly along the Yukon/Northwest Territories Boundary to the point of commencement.
Said parcel containing an area of approximately 515 square kilometres.
All coordinates are referred to the 1983 North American Datum, Canadian Spatial Reference System (NAD83 CSRS) and any references to straight lines mean points joined directly on the NAD83 Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection plane surface.
Part II
Commencing at the intersection of the Yukon/Northwest Territories Boundary with latitude 62°45′32″ North at approximate longitude 129°38′15″ West;
Thence easterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°45′18″ North and longitude 129°32′13″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°43′44″ North and longitude 129°30′18″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°43′01″ North and longitude 129°28′52″ West;
Thence easterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°42′50″ North and longitude 129°26′46″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°40′34″ North and longitude 129°21′25″ West;
Thence easterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°40′23″ North and longitude 129°18′11″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°38′06″ North and longitude 129°16′01″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°35′20″ North and longitude 129°12′00″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°34′48″ North and longitude 129°04′30″ West;
Thence easterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°34′52″ North and longitude 128°58′55″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°33′25″ North and longitude 128°55′05″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°31′59″ North and longitude 128°52′59″ West;
Thence easterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°31′48″ North and longitude 128°51′00″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°27′32″ North and longitude 128°44′42″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°27′04″ North and longitude 128°38′56″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°25′34″ North and longitude 128°30′32″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point on a southerly boundary of the Sahtu Settlement Area at longitude 128°21′47″ West and approximate latitude 62°21′49″ North;
Thence northeasterly along the southerly boundary of the Sahtu Settlement Area to a point at longitude 127°23′09″ West and approximate latitude 62°37′00″ North;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°38′56″ North and longitude 127°28′34″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°39′18″ North and longitude 127°30′18″ West;
Thence northerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°40′48″ North and longitude 127°30′22″ West;
Thence northeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°42′25″ North and longitude 127°28′01″ West;
Thence northeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°43′12″ North and longitude 127°27′29″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°43′52″ North and longitude 127°28′55″ West;
Thence westerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°44′02″ North and longitude 127°31′05″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°43′23″ North and longitude 127°35′31″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°44′46″ North and longitude 127°36′25″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°45′43″ North and longitude 127°37′37″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°46′23″ North and longitude 127°39′00″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°49′26″ North and longitude 127°39′54″ West;
Thence northerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°51′12″ North and longitude 127°39′28″ West;
Thence westerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°50′56″ North and longitude 127°46′29″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°53′07″ North and longitude 127°52′51″ West;
Thence northeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°54′55″ North and longitude 127°52′03″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°56′05″ North and longitude 127°55′31″ West;
Thence northeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°57′44″ North and longitude 127°53′49″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′02″ North and longitude 127°56′54″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 63°00′07″ North and longitude 127°57′38″ West;
Thence westerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′56″ North and longitude 128°02′42″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 63°01′44″ North and longitude 128°09′07″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 63°02′02″ North and longitude 128°11′10″ West;
Thence westerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 63°02′02″ North and longitude 128°14′31″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 63°01′16″ North and longitude 128°16′08″ West;
Thence westerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 63°01′12″ North and longitude 128°18′47″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 63°01′52″ North and longitude 128°21′29″ West;
Thence westerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 63°01′05″ North and longitude 128°33′36″ West;
Thence southerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′53″ North and longitude 128°33′29″ West;
Thence southerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°57′25″ North and longitude 128°32′35″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°54′22″ North and longitude 128°29′28″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°52′16″ North and longitude 128°28′08″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°51′29″ North and longitude 128°29′31″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°50′24″ North and longitude 128°27′22″ West;
Thence southerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°44′42″ North and longitude 128°25′44″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°43′01″ North and longitude 128°33′18″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°43′37″ North and longitude 128°43′34″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°41′10″ North and longitude 128°45′29″ West;
Thence westerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°40′34″ North and longitude 128°51′40″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°44′46″ North and longitude 128°55′55″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°46′26″ North and longitude 128°59′17″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°48′32″ North and longitude 129°04′59″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°51′25″ North and longitude 129°06′04″ West;
Thence northeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°55′52″ North and longitude 129°04′23″ West;
Thence northeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°56′15″ North and longitude 129°02′54″ West;
Thence northeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°58′43″ North and longitude 129°01′19″ West;
Thence northerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′10″ North and longitude 129°01′20″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′15″ North and longitude 129°01′26″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′14″ North and longitude 129°01′43″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′15″ North and longitude 129°02′05″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′12″ North and longitude 129°02′16″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′22″ North and longitude 129°02′19″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′25″ North and longitude 129°02′29″ West;
Thence northerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′34″ North and longitude 129°02′30″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to the intersection of the ordinary high water mark of O’Grady Lake and longitude 129°02′44″ West at approximate latitude 62°59′38″ North;
Thence following the said ordinary high water mark generally westerly to its intersection with longitude 129°03′11″ West at approximate latitude 62°59′37″ North;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to the intersection of the ordinary high water mark of an unnamed island in O’Grady Lake and longitude 129°03′29″ West at approximate latitude 62°59′40″ North;
Thence following the ordinary high water mark of said island generally northwesterly to its intersection with longitude 129°03′42″ West at approximate latitude 62°59′49″ North;
Thence westerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′49″ North and longitude 129°04′01″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′44″ North and longitude 129°04′10″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′32″ North and longitude 129°04′20″ West;
Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′25″ North and longitude 129°04′13″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′21″ North and longitude 129°04′30″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°58′59″ North and longitude 129°05′08″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°59′01″ North and longitude 129°05′21″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°58′49″ North and longitude 129°05′45″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°58′53″ North and longitude 129°06′20″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°58′51″ North and longitude 129°06′31″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°58′47″ North and longitude 129°06′39″ West;
Thence westerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°58′47″ North and longitude 129°06′54″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°58′55″ North and longitude 129°07′04″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to the intersection of the ordinary high water mark of O’Grady Lake and latitude 62°58′54″ North at approximate longitude 129°07′10″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°57′55″ North and longitude 129°09′18″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°57′49″ North and longitude 129°10′33″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°57′25″ North and longitude 129°12′04″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°57′14″ North and longitude 129°13′59″ West;
Thence westerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°57′11″ North and longitude 129°16′05″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°56′50″ North and longitude 129°16′46″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°56′56″ North and longitude 129°17′52″ West;
Thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°55′44″ North and longitude 129°22′12″ West;
Thence westerly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°55′37″ North and longitude 129°26′13″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°56′02″ North and longitude 129°29′56″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°56′35″ North and longitude 129°32′53″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°57′07″ North and longitude 129°34′16″ West;
Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point at latitude 62°58′08″ North and longitude 129°35′56″ West;
Thence westerly in a straight line to the intersection of the Yukon/Northwest Territories Boundary with latitude 62°58′18″ North at approximate longitude 129°39′52″ West;
Thence generally southerly following the Yukon/Northwest Territories Boundary to the point of commencement.
Said parcel containing an area of approximately 4,380 square kilometres.
All coordinates are referred to the 1983 North American Datum, Canadian Spatial Reference System (NAD83 CSRS) and any references to straight lines mean points joined directly on the NAD83 Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection plane surface.
Published under authority of the Senate of Canada
Explanatory Notes
Canada National Parks Act
Clause 2: Relevant portion of subsection 24(2):
(2) Every person who contravenes any provision of the regulations, other than a provision designated by regulations made under paragraph 16(1)(y), any condition of a permit, licence or other authorizing instrument issued under the regulations or under subsection 41.1(3) and (4), or any order or direction given by a superintendent, park warden or enforcement officer under subsection 41.1(3) or (4), is guilty of an offence and liable
Clause 3: Existing text of section 39:
39. Subject to sections 40 to 41.3, this Act applies to a park reserve as if it were a park.
Clause 4: Existing text of subsection 41.1(4):
(4) The Minister may issue, amend, renew, suspend or cancel — or approve the assignment of — licences for the use of waters in the expansion area for the purposes of the mining access roads referred to in subsection (2) and, in relation to such licences, subsections 31(3) and 72.03(1), (6) and (7), sections 72.04, 72.1, 72.11, 72.13 and 72.15, subsections 85(1) and (2) and sections 85.1 to 85.3, 86.1 to 87, 89 and 93.2 of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act, the regulations made under that Act and, until they are amended or repealed, the Northwest Territories Waters Regulations apply, with any adaptations that may be necessary, as if the references in those provisions to the federal Minister or the Board were references to the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency and the references in those provisions to an inspector were references to the superintendent of the Park Reserve, a park warden or an enforcement officer designated for the purposes of this subsection.
Clause 5: New.