Bill C-23
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS |
| AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR REAL PROPERTY TAXATION
POWERS OF FIRST NATIONS, TO CREATE A FIRST
NATIONS TAX COMMISSION, FIRST NATIONS FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT BOARD, FIRST NATIONS FINANCE
AUTHORITY AND FIRST NATIONS STATISTICAL
INSTITUTE AND TO MAKE CONSEQUENTIAL
AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS
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| Preamble
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SHORT TITLE |
| 1. Short title
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INTERPRETATION |
| 2. Definitions
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ABORIGINAL RIGHTS |
| 2.1 Aboriginal and treaty rights
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PART 1
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FIRST NATIONS FISCAL POWERS |
| 3. Financial administration laws
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| 4. Local revenue laws
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| 5. Notice of proposed laws
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| 6. Further representations
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| 7. Information accompanying property taxation law
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| 8. Financial administration laws
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| 9. Annual rate and expenditure laws
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| 10. No repeal by borrowing members
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| 11. Legal capacity of first nations
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| 12. Local revenue account
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| 13. Audit
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PART 2 |
FIRST NATIONS TAX COMMISSION |
Interpretation |
| 14. Definitions
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Establishment and Organization of Commission |
| 15. Commission
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| 16. When agent of Her Majesty
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| 17. Appointment of Chief Commissioner
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| 18. Appointment of commissioners
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| 19. Status
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| 20. Re-appointment
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| 21. Remuneration
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| 22. Chief Commissioner - functions
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| 23. Deputy Chief Commissioner - functions
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| 24. Head office
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| 25. Rules of procedure
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| 26. Staff
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Purposes |
| 27. Mandate
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Functions and Powers |
| 28. Powers
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| 29. Local revenue law review
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| 30. Restrictions
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| 31. Review on request
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| 32. First Nations Gazette
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Standards and Procedures |
| 33. Standards
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Regulations |
| 34. Regulations
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PART 3 |
FIRST NATIONS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT BOARD |
Interpretation |
| 35. Definition of ``Board''
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Establishment and Organization of Board |
| 36. Establishment
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| 37. Not agent of the Crown
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| 38. Appointment of Chairperson
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| 39. Appointment of additional directors
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| 40. Election of Vice-Chairperson
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| 41. Re-appointment
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| 42. Status
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| 43. Remuneration
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| 44. Rules of procedure
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| 45. Head office
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| 46. Staff
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Purposes |
| 47. Mandate
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Functions and Powers |
| 48. Review of financial management system
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| 49. Required intervention
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| 50. Imposed co-management
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| 51. Third-party management
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| 52. Required information
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Standards and Procedures |
| 53. Standards
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Regulations |
| 54. Regulations
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PART 4 |
FIRST NATIONS FINANCE AUTHORITY |
Interpretation |
| 55. Definitions
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Establishment and Organization of Authority |
| 56. Establishment
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| 57. Membership
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| 58. Not agent of Her Majesty
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| 59. Board of Directors
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| 60. Function of Deputy Chairperson
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| 61. Term of office
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| 62. Quorum
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| 63. Majority vote
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| 64. Canada Corporations Act
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| 65. Remuneration of directors
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| 66. Duty of care
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| 67. President
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| 68. Annual general meeting
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| 69. By-laws
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| 70. Head office
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| 71. Annual budget
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Purposes |
| 72. Mandate
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Functions and Powers |
| 73. Powers of board of directors
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| 74. Application to become borrowing member
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| 75. Ceasing to be a borrowing member
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| 76. Priority
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| 77. Limitations - infrastructure loans
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| 78. Restriction on financing
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| 79. Limitations - short-term loans
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| 80. Sinking fund
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| 81. Surpluses
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| 82. Debt reserve fund
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| 83. Credit enhancement fund
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| 84. Default by first nation
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| 85. Short-term pooled investment funds
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General |
| 86. Annual report
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Regulations |
| 87. Regulations
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PART 5 |
FIRST NATIONS STATISTICAL INSTITUTE |
Interpretation |
| 88. Definitions
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Establishment and Organization of Institute |
| 89. Institute
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| 90. Crown Corporation
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| 91. Not an agent of Her Majesty
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| 92. Board of directors
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| 93. Appointment of Chairperson
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| 94. Appointment of other directors
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| 95. Staggered terms
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| 96. Status
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| 97. Election of Vice-Chairperson
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| 98. Re-appointment
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| 99. Head office
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| 100. First Nations Chief Statistician
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| 101. Oath of office
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Purposes |
| 102. Mandate
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Powers |
| 103. General powers
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| 104. Sharing of information
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| 105. Federal data
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General |
| 106. Protection of information
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| 107. Information privileged
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| 108. Powers of Statistics Canada
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Offences |
| 109. Offence
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| 110. Secret information
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Regulations |
| 111. Regulations
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PART 6 |
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL |
| 112. Definitions
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| 113. Exclusion from public service
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| 114. Financial year
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| 115. Expenditure of revenues
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| 116. Corporate plans
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| 117. Books and systems
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| 118. Annual auditor's report
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| 119. Special examination
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| 120. Report
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| 121. Examiner
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| 122. Consultation with Auditor General
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| 123. Right to information
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| 124. Restriction
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| 125. Qualified privilege
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| 126. Audit committee
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| 127. Disclosure of material developments
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| 128. Annual report
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| 129. Annual meeting
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PART 7 |
PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
General |
| 130. Conflict of interest
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| 131. Liability of Her Majesty
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| 132. No appropriation
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| 133. No compensation
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| 134. Limit of liability
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| 134.1 Limit of liability
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| 135. Conflict with other laws
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| 136. Official languages
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Regulations |
| 137. Regulations
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| 138. Regulations
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| 138.1 Regulations
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PART 8 |
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS, COORDINATING AMENDMENTS AND COMING INTO FORCE |
Transitional Provisions |
| 139. ITAB employees
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| 140. Continuation of directors
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| 141. Continuation of existing by-laws
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| 142. Existing by-laws
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| 143. Review and evaluation
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Consequential Amendments |
| 144-145. Access to Information Act
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| 146. Financial Administration Act
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| 147. [Deleted]
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| 148-152. Indian Act
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| 153. Privacy Act
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Coordinating Amendments |
| 154. Bill C-7
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Coming into Force |
| 155. Coming into force
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