Whereas, pursuant to subsection 143(1) of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act a, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development has consulted with the Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development of the Northwest Territories and with the first nations with regard to the proposed Preliminary Screening Requirement Regulations in the annexed form;
Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to paragraph 143(1)(b) of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act a, hereby makes the annexed Preliminary Screening Requirement Regulations.
Application
For the purpose of subsection 124(1) of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act, a regulatory authority or a designated regulatory agency that receives an application for a licence, permit or other authorization required to carry out a proposed development, under a provision of a federal Act set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 or a provision of federal regulations set out in Part 2 of that Schedule, shall conduct a preliminary screening of the proposed development before the issuance of the licence, permit or authorization.
For the purpose of subsection 124(1) of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act, a regulatory authority or a designated regulatory agency that receives an application for a licence, permit or other authorization required to carry out a proposed development, under a provision of an Act of the Northwest Territories set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2 or a provision of regulations of the Northwest Territories set out in Part 2 of that Schedule, shall conduct a preliminary screening of the proposed development before the issuance of the licence, permit or authorization.
Coming into Force
These Regulations come into force on the day on which Part 5 of the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act comes into force.[Note: Regulations in force December 22, 1998, see SI/99-1.]
PART 1 Provisions of Federal Acts Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Act Provision Limitations 1 Explosives Act paragraph 7(1)(a) Excludes magazine licences 2 Fisheries Act 3 Indian Act 4 Canadian Navigable Waters Act 5 Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act 6 Radiocommunication Act paragraph 5(1)(f) 7 Railway Safety Act subsection 10(1) 8 Canada Transportation Act 9 Nuclear Safety and Control Act subsection 24(2) 10 Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act Excludes approval of an assignment of a land use permit Excludes cancellation and approval of an assignment of a water licence Excludes suspension, cancellation and approval of an assignment of a water licence 11 Canada National Parks Act 12 Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act section 38 13 Canadian Energy Regulator Act PART 2 Provisions of Federal Regulations Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Regulations Provision Limitations Indian Act 1 Indian Reserve Waste Disposal Regulations section 5 2 Indian Timber Regulations Indian Oil and Gas Act 3 Indian Oil and Gas Regulations Railway Safety Act 4 Ammonium Nitrate Storage Facilities Regulations 5 Anhydrous Ammonia Bulk Storage Regulations section 6 6 Chlorine Tank Car Unloading Facilities Regulations 7 Flammable Liquids Bulk Storage Regulations section 6 8 Liquefied Petroleum Gases Bulk Storage Regulations section 6 Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 9 Migratory Birds Regulations, 2022 Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act 10 Mackenzie Valley Land Use Regulations Canada National Parks Act 11[Repealed, SOR/2024-230, s. 47] 12 National Parks General Regulations 13 National Parks Wildlife Regulations 14 National Historic Parks General Regulations 15 National Parks of Canada Lease and Licence of Occupation Regulations 16 National Parks of Canada Businesses Regulations section 4.1 16.1 National Parks of Canada Land Use Planning Regulations subsection 7(1) Canada National Parks Act and Financial Administration Act 17 National Historic Parks Wildlife and Domestic Animals Regulations
Provisions of Federal Acts and Regulations
PART 1 Provisions of Northwest Territories Acts Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Act Provision Limitations 1 Forest Protection Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. F-10 section 21 Applies only to the issuance of a permit referred to in subsection 11(1) of that Act for areas greater than 250 m 2 2 Wildlife Act, S.N.W.T. 2013, c. 30 subsection 76(1) 3 Oil and Gas Operations Act, S.N.W.T. 2014, c. 14 PART 2 Provisions of Northwest Territories Regulations Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Regulations Provision Limitations 1 Forest Management Regulations, R.R.N.W.T. 1990, c. F-14 (Forest Management Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. F-9) paragraph 5(1)(a) Applies only to the issuance of a permit referred to in paragraph 2(1)(a) of those Regulations for volumes of timber greater than 1000 m 3 and the issuance of a licence referred to in paragraph 2(2)(a) of those Regulations 2 Pesticide Regulations, R.R.N.W.T. 1990, c. P-2 (Pesticide Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. P-4) subsection 3(1) 3 Wildlife Business Regulations, N.W.T. Reg. R-069-97 (Wildlife Act, S.N.W.T. 2013, c. 30) subsection 2(1) Applies only to outfitter licences, tanner licences, game ranch licences, fur farm licences, commercial wildlife licences and taxidermist licences 4 Reindeer Regulations, N.W.T. Reg. R-011-2014 (Reindeer Act, S.N.W.T. 2014, c. 16) paragraph 4(1)(b)
Provisions of Northwest Territories Acts and Regulations