Whereas in accordance with paragraph 5(a) of the First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act a the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development has received a resolution of the council of the Fort William First Nation requesting that the Minister recommend to the Governor in Council the making of the annexed Fort William First Nation Sawmill Regulations;
And whereas in accordance with paragraph 5(b) of that Act an agreement has been concluded between the Minister, the Province of Ontario and the council of the Fort William First Nation for the administration and enforcement of the Regulations by the provincial officials and bodies specified in the Regulations;
Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to section 3 of the First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act a, hereby makes the annexed Fort William First Nation Sawmill Regulations. S.C. 2005, c. 53
Interpretation
The following definitions apply in these Regulations.
incorporated laws means the laws of Ontario specified in Schedule 1, as amended from time to time. (textes incorporés)
project lands means all those parcels or tracts of land in the Province of Ontario being part of the Fort William Indian Reserve No. 52 and being part of the Lands Patented to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co., City of Thunder Bay, District of Thunder Bay, designated as parts 7, 11, 19, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 32 on Reference Plan 55R-11689 (CLSR 86142). (terres du projet)
A reference to the Fort William First Nation, LP shall be read as including any of its successors, any other person or entity to whom the Fort William First Nation, LP assigns a lease of the project lands, or any other person or entity with which the Government of Canada enters into a lease of the project lands.
The incorporated laws, as adapted by Schedule 2, shall be interpreted in accordance with the Legislation Act, 2006 (S.O. 2006, c. 21, Schedule F), as amended from time to time.
Application
The incorporated laws, with the adaptations set out in Schedule 2, apply with respect to the project lands.
Fees, costs or other charges payable under an incorporated law shall be paid to the person or body specified in that law.
For greater certainty,
a person or body that has a power, duty or function under the incorporated laws has the same power, duty or function under these Regulations, subject to the adaptations specified in Schedule 2;
an official who is appointed or designated, or a body, fund, program, registry or index record that is established, under the incorporated laws is deemed to have been appointed, designated or established for the purposes of these Regulations;
in Schedule 1, a reference to regulations made under an Act includes all regulations made under that Act after the coming into force of these Regulations, unless excepted in Schedule 1 or 2;
any regulation made under the authority of a provision or regulation that is excepted from incorporation by reference in Schedule 1 is also excepted from incorporation by reference in these Regulations;
a reference in an incorporated law, or in any notice, form, instrument or other document issued under an incorporated law, to a law (including any provision of one) of Ontario incorporated in these Regulations shall be read as a reference to that law as adapted by these Regulations;
a reference to an incorporated law or a provision of one shall be read as a reference to the law or provision as amended from time to time; and
an incorporated law or a provision of one applies only if it is in force as a law of Ontario.
The Provincial Offences Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. P.33), any regulations made under that Act, any Act of Ontario referred to in that Act or its regulations relating to proceedings in respect of offences under a law of Ontario, and the applicable rules of court under the Courts of Justice Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43), all as amended from time to time, apply in respect of alleged offences under these Regulations.
A reference to these Regulations may be made in any notice, form or other document issued with respect to a proceeding concerning an alleged offence under these Regulations, but the absence of such a reference does not affect the validity of a proceeding concerning that offence.
In any notice, form or other document issued with respect to a proceeding concerning an alleged offence under these Regulations, a reference to a law of Ontario or a provision of one incorporated in these Regulations shall be read as a reference to that law or provision as adapted by these Regulations.
Excluded Regulations
The Indian Reserve Waste Disposal Regulations do not apply with respect to the project lands.
Coming into Force
These Regulations come into force on the setting apart by the Governor General in Council of the project lands as reserve lands, which takes effect on registration of the Transfer/Deed of Land by which the project lands are acquired by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada, from the Fort William First Nation Development Corp.[Note: Regulations in force June 30, 2011.]
Clean Water Act, 2006 (S.O. 2006, c. 22), and the regulations made under it, except section 26, subsections 34(2) and 36(8), sections 39 to 42, 47 and 48, subsections 49(2) and (3), section 50, subsection 55(4), section 69, subsection 99(3) and sections 104 and 112 to 117 of the Act. Conservation Authorities Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. C.27), and the regulations made under it, except: sections 2 to 27, clauses 28(1)(a) and (b), subsection 28(2) and sections 29 and 32 to 39 of the Act; and any regulations that apply only to lands that are not project lands. Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994 (S.O. 1994, c. 25), and the regulations made under it, except: sections 1, 2, 4 to 51 and 55 to 57, clauses 58(1)(a) to (d) and (f) and sections 59, 65, 68 and 73 of the Act; and Independent Forest Audits (O. Reg. 319/20). Environmental Assessment Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. E.18), and the regulations made under it, except: section 4 and subsection 32(2) of the Act; and any regulations that apply only to lands that are not project lands. Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993 (S.O. 1993, c. 28), and the regulations made under it, except subsection 2(3), sections 3, 5, 7 to 11, 14 to 21, 36 and 49 to 55, subsection 119(2) and section 120 of the Act. Environmental Protection Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. E.19), and the regulations made under it, except: clauses 4(1)(b) to (l), subsection 4(2), section 20, subsection 27(2), sections 29, 36, 87, 154, 168.1 to 168.9, 168.12 to 168.16 and 169 to 171, clauses 176(10)(f), (g) and (m) and subsections 180(2), 181.1(1) and 197(4) and (8) of the Act; Cessation of Coal Use — Atikokan, Lambton, Nanticoke and Thunder Bay Generating Stations (O. Reg. 496/07); Classes of Contaminants — Exemptions (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 339); Containers (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 340); Deep Well Disposal (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 341); Designation of Waste (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 342); Discharge of Sewage from Pleasure Boats (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 343); Disposable Containers for Milk (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 344); Disposable Paper Containers for Milk (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 345); Exemption — Deloro Mine Site (O. Reg. 577/98); Exemption — General Electric Canada Inc. and Eli Eco Logic International Inc. (O. Reg. 43/97); Exemption — Prospectors (O. Reg. 504/95); Gasoline Volatility (O. Reg. 271/91); Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 349); Lambton Industry Meteorological Alert (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 350); Landfilling Sites (O. Reg. 232/98); Marinas (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 351); Plasco Demonstration Project (O. Reg. 254/06); Records of Site Condition — Part XV.1 of the Act (O. Reg. 153/04); Recovery of Gasoline Vapour in Bulk Transfers (O. Reg. 455/94); Recycling and Composting of Municipal Waste (O. Reg. 101/94); Sulphur Content of Fuels (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 361); Transfer of Containers (O. Reg. 17/07); and Transitional Provisions Relating to the Repeal of Part VIII of the Act (O. Reg. 156/98). Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997 (S.O. 1997, c. 4), and the regulations made under it, except: subsections 1(3) to (5), sections 2 to 5, subsections 6(1) to (4), sections 7, 7.1, 38 to 57 and 59 to 73 and subsection 74(2) of the Act; and Appointment of Arbitrators and Conciliation Officers (O. Reg. 407/97). Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. L.3), and the regulations made under it, except: clauses 3(1)(a) and (c) to (e), subsection 3(2), sections 4 to 6, 9 and 14 to 19, subsection 20(3), sections 22 to 23.1, clauses 28(1)(a) to (b.2) and (2)(b) and (c) and sections 29 and 89 to 93 of the Act; and Construction (O. Reg. 454/96). Ontario Water Resources Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. O.40), and the regulations made under it, except: sections 2, 3 and 7 to 9, subsection 10(1), sections 11, 12, 14, 26, 27, 54, 55, 58, 62 to 74, 88, 89.1 to 89.3 and 89.6 to 89.8 and subsections 93(2) and 103(4) and (8) of the Act; Additional Charges (O. Reg. 157/93); Exemption — City of Detroit (O. Reg. 128/09); and Transitional Provisions Relating to the Repeal of Part VIII of the Environmental Protection Act (O. Reg. 155/98). Pesticides Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. P.11), and the regulations made under it, except clauses 2(b) to (h), subsection 16(2) and sections 31.3, 32 and 53 of the Act. Amended Certificate of Approval No. 3377-5N5QPH, dated June 4, 2003, issued under section 53 of the Ontario Water Resources Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. O.40). Forest Resource Processing Facility Licence No. 2590-07, dated June 26, 2007, issued under section 54 of the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994 (S.O. 1994, c. 25). Minister’s Requirement for Fees (Application Fees for Permits to Take Water under section 34 of the Ontario Water Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.40), dated August 28, 2007, made under section 96 of the Ontario Water Resources Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. O.40). Minister’s Requirement for Fees (Application Fees for Renewable Energy Approvals under Section 47.4 of the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E. 19), dated March 10, 2011, made under section 179.1 of the Environmental Protection Act (R.S.O. 1990. c. E.19). Minister’s Requirement for Fees (Application Fees for Environmental Compliance Approvals under the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E. 19), dated August 23, 2011, made under section 179.1 of the Environmental Protection Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. E.19). Minister’s Requirement for Fees (Licensing of Sewage Works Operators, O. Reg. 129/04), dated July 23, 2015, made under section 96 of the Ontario Water Resources Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. O.40). Minister’s Requirement for Fees (Fees for Registration in the Environmental Activity and Sector Registry Established under Part II.2 of the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.19) dated January 12, 2017, made under section 179.1 of the Environmental Protection Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. E.19). Amended Environmental Compliance Approval No. 9466-B2QQWE, dated September 26, 2018, issued under the Environmental Protection Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. E.19).
Incorporated Laws
Statutes and Regulations
Other Instruments
Adaptations
Adaptations Applicable to All Incorporated Laws
A reference to an owner, in relation to the project lands, shall be read as including the Fort William First Nation, LP.
A reference to an owner or to any other person or entity does not include Her Majesty in right of Canada or an official of the Government of Canada.
A power to make inspections, including the power to enter a place, does not include a power to enter, or inspect anything in, a federal government office, or to enter any place or inspect anything in the possession of the Fort William First Nation.
Subsection (1) does not preclude the entry into any place occupied by, or the inspection of anything in the possession of, the Fort William First Nation, LP.
The fire chief appointed by the Council of the City of Thunder Bay under section 6 of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997 (S.O. 1997, c. 4), is deemed to have also been appointed as a fire chief for the purposes of the incorporated laws.
Adaptations to the Clean Water Act, 2006
Part IV of the Act applies to the project lands as if they were an unorganized territory.
In section 92, a reference to “acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, or, subject to the Expropriations Act” shall be read as a reference to “acquire by lease or, subject to the Expropriations Act and section 35 of the Indian Act (Canada)”.
In subsection 105(1), a reference to “a provision of another Act or a regulation or instrument made, issued or otherwise created under another Act” shall be read as a reference to “a provision — incorporated by reference in these Regulations — of another Act or of a regulation or instrument made, issued or otherwise created under another Act”.
Adaptations to the Environmental Assessment Act
The Environmental Assessment Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. E.18) and its regulations apply only in circumstances where the Impact Assessment Act does not apply.
Adaptations to the Environmental Protection Act and Regulations
Adaptations to the Act
In section 46, the reference to “a period of twenty-five years” shall be read as a reference to “a period equal to the remainder of the term of any lease of the project lands to the Fort William First Nation, LP or twenty-five years, whichever is shorter”.
In subsections 197(2) and (5), a reference to “the proper land registry office” shall be read as a reference to “the Reserve Land Register or Surrendered and Designated Lands Register, maintained by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development”.
Adaptations to the Air Pollution — Local Air Quality Regulations (O. Reg. 419/05)
In subclause 34(2)(b)(iv), a reference to “each municipality in which the source of contaminant is located” shall be read as a reference to “the Fort William First Nation”.
Adaptations to the Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act
In clause 20(2)(b), the power to require the production of any document or thing does not include a power to require the production of any document or thing located in a federal government office.
Adaptations to the Ontario Water Resources Act
In subsections 29(1) and (2), a reference to “Ontario” shall be read as a reference to “the project lands”.
Under section 61, no direction applies to Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada or to an official of the Government of Canada.
In subsections 103(2) and (5), a reference to “the proper land registry office” shall be read as a reference to “the Reserve Land Register or Surrendered and Designated Lands Register, maintained by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development”.