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Bill C-39

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1991, c. 45	Trust and Loan Companies Act
1999, c. 3, s. 84	248. *Paragraph (f) of the definition ``court'' in section 2 of the English version of the Trust and Loan Companies Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(f) in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court, and in Nunavut, the Nunavut Court of Justice;
1984, c. 24	Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act
	249. *The first paragraph of the preamble to the Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act* is replaced by the following:**
	WHEREAS the Committee for Original Peoples' Entitlement and the Government of Canada have entered into an Agreement respecting certain lands in the Northwest Territories and Yukon in and to which the Inuvialuit have claimed an interest based on traditional use and occupancy;
	250. The definition ``Territory'' in section 2 of the Act is replaced by the following:
``Territory'' « Territoire »	``Territory'' means the Northwest Territories, Yukon and adjacent offshore areas, not forming part of the Northwest Territories or Yukon, within the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Canada.
R.S., c. W-11; 1996, c. 6, s. 134	Winding-up and Restructuring Act
1999, c. 3, s. 85	251. *Paragraph (d) of the definition ``court'' in subsection 2(1) of the Winding-up and Restructuring Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(d) in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court, and in Nunavut, the Nunavut Court of Justice;
R.S., c. Y-1	Young Offenders Act
1993, c. 28, s. 78 (Sch. III, s. 144); 1998, c. 15, s. 41	252. *The definition ``offence'' in subsection 2(1) of the Young Offenders Act* is replaced by the following:**
``offence'' « infraction »	``offence'' means an offence created by an Act of Parliament or by any regulation, rule, order, by-law or ordinance made under it , other than an ordinance of the Northwest Territories or a law of the Legislature of Yukon or the Legislature for Nunavut;
1994, c. 34	Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act
	253. *The long title of the Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act* is replaced by the following:**
	An Act to approve, give effect to and declare valid land claims agreements entered into between Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, the Government of Yukon and certain first nations in Yukon, to provide for approving, giving effect to and declaring valid other land claims agreements entered into after this Act comes into force, and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
	254. The third paragraph of the preamble to the Act is replaced by the following:
	WHEREAS agreements may be entered into with respect to aboriginal claims to lands in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories by persons enrolled under final agreements as well as aboriginal claims to lands in Yukon by certain people outside that territory;
	255. Subsection 11(4) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
Enforcement	(4) An order or decision of the Enrollment Commission made before or after this Act comes into force may be filed in the Supreme Court of Yukon, and when so filed may be enforced as an order of that Court.
	256. Paragraph 15(c) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(c) such regional offices of the Government of Canada situated in Yukon as the Minister considers advisable; and
	257. (1) Subsections 20(1) and (2) of the Act are repealed.
	(2) Subsection 20(4) of the Act is repealed.
	258. Subsection 21(2) of the Act is repealed.
1994, c. 35	Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act
	259. *The long title of the English version of the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act* replaced by the following:**
	An Act respecting self-government for first nations in Yukon
	260. (1) The first paragraph of the preamble to the Act is replaced by the following:
	WHEREAS representatives of Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, the Government of the Yukon Territory and the Council for Yukon Indians signed the Umbrella Final Agreement on May 29, 1993, the provisions of which are intended to be incorporated into final agreements for the settlement of land claims of first nations in Yukon;
	(2) The third paragraph of the preamble to the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
	WHEREAS those final agreements provide that Her Majesty and the Government of Yukon are to enter into negotiations with those first nations for self-government agreements appropriate to the circumstances of each of them and in accordance with the Constitution of Canada;
	(3) The fifth paragraph of the preamble to the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
	WHEREAS other first nations of Yukon may conclude self-government agreements;
	261. The definition ``Yukon Government'' in section 2 of the Act is replaced by the following:
``Yukon Government'' « gouverneme nt du Yukon »	``Yukon Government'' means the Commissioner of Yukon acting with the consent of the Executive Council of Yukon .
	262. Paragraph 11(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(b) the power to enact laws applicable in Yukon in relation to the matters enumerated in Part II of Schedule III; and
	263. Subsection 12(2) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
Agreements with local governments	(2) Where a first nation's self-government agreement so provides, the Yukon Government or a municipal corporation in Yukon may agree to the exercise by the first nation of any of the powers referred to in subsection (1), for which that Government or corporation has responsibility, in respect of portions of settlement land identified in the agreement.
	264. Paragraph 14(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(a) the courts of Yukon have, subject to paragraph (b), jurisdiction in respect of laws enacted by the first nation according to the respective jurisdictions of those courts under territorial laws;
	265. Subsection 15(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Supreme Court of Yukon	15. (1) For greater certainty and subject to section 14, the Supreme Court of Yukon has jurisdiction in respect of any action or proceeding arising out of this Act or out of a self-government agreement of a first nation named in Schedule II.
	266. Paragraphs 17(3)(a) and (b) of the Act are replaced by the following:
	(a) in respect of any reserve, within the meaning of that Act, of a predecessor band of the first nation situated outside Yukon, and
	(b) in respect of any rights, titles, interests, obligations, assets and liabilities of the predecessor band outside Yukon,
	267. Paragraph 25(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(c) such regional offices of the Government of Canada situated in Yukon as the Minister considers advisable;
	268. Item 5 of Part II of Schedule III to the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
	5. Provision of training programs for citizens of the first nation, subject to applicable certification requirements of Canada or Yukon
	269. Item 3 of Part IV of Schedule III to the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:
	3. La mise en oeuvre de mesures prises en application d'un accord fiscal conclu entre la première nation et le gouvernement du Yukon.
1994, c. 43	Yukon Surface Rights Board Act
1998, c. 5, s. 16	270. *Section 65 of the Yukon Surface Rights Board Act* is replaced by the following:**
Order respecting interpretation	65. In the case of a dispute respecting access to non-settlement land between the following persons, the Board shall, on application of either person , make an order interpreting a provision described in paragraph (b) in relation to the right of access for purposes of the dispute:
	(a) a person, other than Government, who has an interest or right in the surface of the land; and
	(b) a person, other than Government, who has, in relation to a mineral right, a right of access on the land under any provision of a law of the Legislature of Yukon identified in regulations made pursuant to paragraph 78(f) .
1998, c. 5, s. 18	271. Paragraphs 78(f) and (f.1) of the Act are replaced by the following:
	(f) identifying, for the purposes of section 65, any provision of a law of the Legislature of Yukon that confers a right of access for purposes of the exercise of a mineral right;
	COORDINATING AMENDMENTS
Bill S-23	272. (1) Subsections (2) to (4) apply if Bill S-23, introduced in the 1st Session of the 37th Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Customs Act and to make related amendments to other Acts (the ``other Act''), receives royal assent.
	(2) If section 75 of the other Act comes into force before section 153 of this Act, then, on the day on which this Act receives royal assent,
	(a) section 153 of this Act is repealed; and
	*(b) paragraph 139.1(2)(c) of the Customs Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(c) in the Provinces of Nova Scotia and British Columbia, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court;
	(3) If section 75 of the other Act comes into force after section 153 of this Act, then, on the day on which that section 75 comes into force, paragraph 139.1(2)(c) of the Customs Act is replaced by the following:
	(c) in the Provinces of Nova Scotia and British Columbia, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court;
	(4) If section 75 of the other Act and section 153 of this Act come into force on the same day, then section 75 of the other Act is deemed to have come into force after section 153 of this Act.
Bill C-5	273. If Bill C-5, introduced in the 1st session of the 37th Parliament and entitled the Species at Risk Act (the ``other Act''), receives royal assent, then, on the later of the coming into force of section 2 of this Act and section 134 of the other Act, paragraph (b) of the definition ``federal conservation area'' in section 2 of this Act is replaced by the following:
	(b) public real property under the administration of a federal minister that is subject to measures imposed under the Canada Wildlife Act for the conservation of wildlife; or
Bill C-7	274. If Bill C-7, introduced in the 1st Session of the 37th Parliament and entitled the Youth Criminal Justice Act (the ``other Act''), receives royal assent, then, on the later of the coming into force of section 199 of the other Act and section 1 of this Act, the definition ``offence'' in subsection 2(1) of the other Act is replaced by the following:
``offence'' « infraction »	``offence'' means an offence created by an Act of Parliament or by any regulation, rule, order, by-law or ordinance made under an Act of Parliament other than an ordinance of the Northwest Territories or a law of the Legislature of Yukon or the Legislature for Nunavut.
Bill C-19	*275. If Bill C-19, introduced in the 1st session of the 37th Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act* (the ``other Act''), receives royal assent, then**
	(a) on the later of the coming into force of subsection 122(1) of this Act and subsection 1(2) of the other Act, 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, 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;
	(b) on the later of the coming into force of subsection 122(2) of this Act and subsection 1(3) of the other Act, paragraph (a) of the definition ``federal lands'' in subsection 2(1) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment 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,
Bill C-23	276. If Bill C-23, introduced in the 1st Session of the 37th Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Competition Act and the Competition Tribunal Act (the ``other Act''), receives royal assent, then, on the later of the coming into force of section 1 of this Act and section 30 of the Competition Act, as enacted by section 3 of the other Act, paragraph (c) of the definition ``judge'' in section 30 of the English version of the Competition Act is replaced by the following:
	(c) in Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, a judge of the Supreme Court, and in Nunavut, a judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice;
Bill C-30	277. If Bill C-30, introduced in the 1st Session of the 37th Parliament and entitled the Courts Administration Service Act (the ``other Act''), receives royal assent, then, on the later of the coming into force of subsection 86(2) of the other Act and subsection 190(2) of this Act, subsection 27(6) of the English version of the Judges Act is replaced by the following:
Representatio nal allowance	(6) A chief justice, a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of Yukon, the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of the Northwest Territories, the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of Nunavut, the senior judge of the Supreme Court of Yukon, the senior judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories and the senior judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice are entitled to be paid, as a representational allowance, reasonable travel and other expenses actually incurred by the justice or judge or their spouse or common-law partner in discharging the special extra-judicial obligations and responsibilities that devolve on the justice or judge, to the extent that those expenses may not be reimbursed under any other provision of this Act and their aggregate amount does not exceed in any year the maximum amount indicated in respect of each office in subsection (7).
Bill C-33	278. If Bill C-33, introduced in the 1st Session of the 37th Parliament and entitled the Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act (the ``other Act''), receives royal assent, then, on the later of the coming into force of section 177 of the other Act and section 80 of this Act, the definition ``analyst'' in section 2 of the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act is replaced by the following:
``analyst'' « analyste »	``analyst'' means a person designated as an analyst under the Canada Water Act, the Northwest Territories Waters Act or the Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act;