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Bill C-39

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS

AN ACT TO REPLACE THE YUKON ACT IN ORDER TO MODERNIZE IT AND TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE YUKON NORTHERN AFFAIRS PROGRAM DEVOLUTION TRANSFER AGREEMENT, AND TO REPEAL AND MAKE AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS

Preamble

SHORT TITLE

1. Short title

INTERPRETATION

2. Definitions

3. Aboriginal rights

GOVERNMENT

Executive Power
4. Commissioner

5. Administrator

6. Oaths

7. Salaries

8. Executive Council

9. Seat of government

Legislative Power
Legislative Assembly

10. Legislative Assembly of Yukon

11. Duration of Legislative Assembly

12. Oaths of office

13. Yearly session

14. Speaker

15. Quorum

16. Rules of procedure

Legislature

17. Legislature of Yukon

Legislative Powers

18. Legislative powers

19. Laws relating to natural resources

20. Restrictions on powers

21. Agreement implementation Acts

22. Laws re conservation of wildlife

23. Borrowing and lending

24. Withholding of assent

25. Transmittal of laws

26. Conflicting laws

27. Official languages

Yukon Consolidated Revenue Fund
28. Establishment of fund

29. Recommendation of Commissioner

30. Appropriation of moneys granted by Parliament

Yukon Public Accounts
31. Fiscal year

32. Submission of Yukon Public Accounts to Legislative Assembly

33. Form and contents

34. Annual audit

35. Supplementary report

36. Inquiry and report

37. Powers of Auditor General

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Judicature
38. Appointment of judges

39. Tenure of office of judges

Supreme Court of Yukon
40. Judges of the Supreme Court of Yukon

41. Deputy judges

42. Jurisdiction to try civil cases

43. Jurisdiction to try criminal cases

Court of Appeal of Yukon
44. Sittings

REAL PROPERTY, WATER, OIL AND GAS

Administration and Control
45. Commissioner

46. Relinquishment

47. Transfer to Commissioner

48. Right to waters vested in Her Majesty

Restrictions
49. Taking of administration by Governor in Council

50. Prohibition order - public real property in Yukon

51. Prohibition order - waters in Yukon

52. Procedure

53. Duration of prohibition orders

EXERCISE OF FEDERAL POWERS

54. Adjoining area

55. Northern pipeline

LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT

56. Consultation re bills

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

57. Commissioner

58. Duration of Council

59. Existing rights and interests

60. Reference to Government of Canada

61. Pending applications

62. Validity of laws of Legislature

63. Definition of ``Agreement''

64. Indemnification by Yukon

65. Indemnification by Canada

66. Limitation on indemnification

67. Information privileged

AMENDMENTS TO THIS ACT

68-76. Amendments to this Act

AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS

77-78. Access to Information Act

79. Aeronautics Act

80. Arctic Waters Pollution Act

81-82. Bank Act

83-85. Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

86-87. Boards of Trade Act

88. Canada Business Corporations Act

89. Canada Corporations Act

90-95. Canada Elections Act

96. Canada Evidence Act

97-98. Canada Labour Code

99-104. Canada Lands Surveys Act

105. Canada Marine Act

106-107. Canada National Parks Act

108-109. Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act

110. Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act

111. Canada Pension Plan

112. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act

113. Canada Student Loans Act

114. Canada Transportation Act

115. Canada Waters Act

116-119. Canada-Yukon Oil and Gas Accord Implementation Act

120-121. Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Act

122-123. Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

124-125. Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

126-128. Canadian Human Rights Act

129. Canadian Multiculturalism Act

130. Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act

131. Citizenship Act

132. Coasting Trade Act

133-135. Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act

136. Cooperative Credit Associations Act

137-150. Criminal Code

151. Crown Liability and Proceedings Act

152-153. Customs Act

154-156. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Act

157. Department of Public Works and Government Services Act

158-160. Divorce Act

161. Dominion Water Powers Act

162. Employment Equity Act

163-165. Energy Administration Act

166. Excise Tax Act

167-168. Expropriation Act

169. Extradition Act

170. Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

171. Federal Real Property and Federal Immovables Act

172. Financial Administration Act

173. Fisheries Act

174. Government Employees Compensation Act

175-176. Gwich'in Land Claim Settlement Act

177. Hazardous Materials Information Review Act

178. Hibernia Development Project Act

179. Historic Sites and Monuments Act

180-181. Immigration Act

182. Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act

183-184. Indian Act

185-186. Industrial and Regional Development Act

187. Insurance Companies Act

188. Interpretation Act

189-195. Judges Act

196-199. Land Titles Repeal Act

200-204. Livestock Feed Assistance Act

205-207. Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act

208. Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption Standards Act

209. Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act

210-211. National Energy Board Act

212-218. Northern Pipeline Act

219-220. Northwest Territories Act

221. Nuclear Energy Act

222. Nunavut Act

223. Oceans Act

224-225. Official Languages Act

226. Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985

227-228. Privacy Act

229-230. Public Service Employment Act

231. Public Service Staff Relations Act

232. Public Service Superannuation Act

233. Radiocommunication Act

234. Railway Safety Act

235. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

236. Statutory Instruments Act

237. Supreme Court Act

238-247. Territorial Lands Act

248. Trust and Loan Companies Act

249-250. Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act

251. Winding-up and Restructuring Act

252. Young Offenders Act

253-258. Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act

259-269. Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act

270-271. Yukon Surface Rights Board Act

COORDINATING AMENDMENTS

272. Bill S-23

273. Bill C-5

274. Bill C-7

275. Bill C-19

276. Bill C-23

277. Bill C-30

278. Bill C-33

REPEALS

279. An Act to amend the Territorial Lands Act

280. Yukon Act

281. Yukon Placer Mining Act

282. Yukon Quartz Mining Act

283. Yukon Surface Rights Board Act

284. Yukon Waters Act

COMING INTO FORCE

285. By order

SCHEDULES 1 AND 2