ENGLISH
• SUMMARY
SUMMARY
• Short Title
Short Title
• Interpretation
Interpretation
• Agreement
Agreement
• General
General
• Regulations and Orders
Regulations and Orders
• Amendment of Schedule
Amendment of Schedule
• Consequential Amendments
Consequential Amendments
• Access to Information Act
Access to Information Act
• Privacy Act
Privacy Act
• Coordinating Amendments
Coordinating Amendments
• Coming into Force
Coming into Force
• SCHEDULE Participating First Nations
SCHEDULE Participating First Nations

SUMMARY

Short Title

Short title

1 This Act may be cited as the Anishinabek Nation Education Agreement Act.

Interpretation

Definitions

2 The following definitions apply in this Act.

Agreement means the Anishinabek Nation Education Agreement signed on August 16, 2017, including any amendments made to it. (Accord)

band has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act. (bande)

constitution means a constitution ratified by a participating First Nation in conformity with the Agreement. (constitution)

education means education programs and services of a nature generally provided to students from junior kindergarten to the end of secondary school in Ontario. (éducatifs)

First Nation law means a law made under section 7. (texte législatif autochtone)

participating First Nation means a band that is named in the schedule. (première nation participante)

student has the same meaning as in section 1.‍1 of the Agreement. (élève)

Agreement prevails

3 (1) In the event of an inconsistency or conflict between the Agreement and the provisions of any Act of Parliament, or of any regulation made under an Act of Parliament, the Agreement prevails to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency.

Act prevails

(2) In the event of an inconsistency or conflict between the provisions of this Act and the provisions of any other Act of Parliament, or of any regulation made under any other Act of Parliament, the provisions of this Act prevail to the extent of the inconsistency or conflict.

Agreement

Application of Act

4 This Act applies to every participating First Nation.

Agreement given effect

5 (1) The Agreement is approved, given effect and declared valid and has the force of law.

For greater certainty

(2) For greater certainty, the Agreement is binding on, and may be relied on by, all persons and bodies.

Not a treaty

6 The Agreement is not a treaty within the meaning of section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.

First Nation laws

7 A participating First Nation may, to the extent provided by the Agreement, make laws respecting education that are applicable on its reserve, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act.

Education

8 (1) A participating First Nation must provide or make provision for education for students to the extent provided by the Agreement.

Transferability

(2) The education provided must, if practicable, be comparable to education provided by the public school system of Ontario, in order to facilitate the transfer of students without academic penalty to and from that school system.

Kinoomaadziwin Education Body

9 (1) A corporation without share capital to be known as Kinoomaadziwin Education Body is established to support the delivery of education under this Act.

Powers, duties, etc.

(2) The powers, duties, functions, role and composition of the Kinoomaadziwin Education Body are to be determined in accordance with the Agreement.

Regional Education Council

10 (1) A participating First Nation may, with one or more participating First Nations, establish a Regional Education Council, in accordance with the Agreement, to support the coordination and delivery of education.

Powers, duties, etc.

(2) The powers, duties, functions, role and composition of the Regional Education Council are to be determined, in accordance with the Agreement, by the participating First Nations that establish it.

Local Education Authority

11 (1) A participating First Nation may establish a Local Education Authority, in accordance with the Agreement, to support it in the exercise of its powers, including the power to make First Nation laws.

Powers, duties, etc.

(2) The powers, duties, functions, role and composition of the Local Education Authority are to be determined, in accordance with the Agreement, by the participating First Nation that establishes it.

General

Indian Act

12 On the coming into force of a First Nation law, subsection 114(1) and sections 115 to 117 of the Indian Act cease to apply to the participating First Nation that made it.

Judicial notice — First Nation laws

13 (1) Judicial notice must be taken of a First Nation law that is registered in the official registry of laws maintained by a participating First Nation in accordance with the Agreement.

Evidence

(2) In any proceedings, evidence of a First Nation law may be given by the production of a copy of the law, certified to be a true copy by a person authorized by the participating First Nation, without proof of that person’s signature or official character.

Statutory Instruments Act

14 A First Nation law is not a statutory instrument for the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act.

Regulations and Orders

Regulations and orders

15 The Governor in Council may make any regulations or orders that he or she considers necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Agreement or other agreements related to the implementation of the Agreement.

Amendment of Schedule

Addition of name of participating First Nation

16 (1) The Governor in Council may, by order, add the name of any First Nation to the schedule if he or she is satisfied that the First Nation has, in a manner consistent with the Agreement, ratified the Agreement and has a constitution.

Amendment or removal

(2) The Governor in Council may, by order, amend the schedule to amend or remove the name of a participating First Nation if he or she is satisfied that consent to the amendment or removal was obtained in a manner consistent with the Agreement.

Consequential Amendments

R.‍S.‍, c. A-1

Access to Information Act

17 Subsection 13(3) of the Access to Information Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (g), by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (h) and by adding the following after paragraph (h):

R.‍S.‍, c. P-21

Privacy Act

2006, c. 10, s. 33(1)

18 (1) Paragraph 8(2)‍(f) of the Privacy Act is replaced by the following:

(2) Subsection 8(7) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (g), by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (h) and by adding the following after paragraph (h):

Coordinating Amendments

2013, c. 25

19 (1) In this section, other Act means the Yale First Nation Final Agreement Act.

(2) If section 20 of the other Act comes into force before section 17 of this Act, then that section 17 is replaced by the following:

(3) If section 17 of this Act comes into force before section 20 of the other Act, then that section 20 is replaced by the following:

(4) If section 20 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as section 17 of this Act, then that section 20 is deemed to have come into force before that section 17 and subsection (2) applies as a consequence.

(5) If section 23 of the other Act comes into force before subsection 18(2) of this Act, then that subsection 18(2) is replaced by the following:

(6) If subsection 18(2) of this Act comes into force before section 23 of the other Act, then that section 23 is replaced by the following:

(7) If section 23 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as subsection 18(2) of this Act, then that section 23 is deemed to have come into force before that subsection 18(2) and subsection (5) applies as a consequence.

Coming into Force

April 1, 2018

20 This Act, other than section 19, comes into force on April 1, 2018.

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