Vol. 132, No. 11 — May 27, 1998

Registration
SI/98-61 27 May, 1998

TERRITORIAL LANDS ACT

Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in the Yukon Territory (Selkirk First Nation, Y.T.)

P.C. 1998-860 14 May, 1998

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to paragraph 23(a) of the Territorial Lands Act, hereby repeals the Withdrawal from Disposal Order (Selkirk First Nation, Y.T.), made by Order in Council P.C. 1997-594 of April 15, 1997(see footnote a), and makes the annexed Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in the Yukon Territory (Selkirk First Nation, Y.T.).

ORDER RESPECTING THE WITHDRAWAL FROM DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN LANDS IN THE YUKON TERRITORY (SELKIRK FIRST NATION, Y.T.)

PURPOSE

1. The purpose of this Order is to withdraw certain lands from disposal to facilitate the settlement of Aboriginal land claims of the Selkirk First Nation, Y.T.

LANDS WITHDRAWN FROM DISPOSAL

2. Subject to sections 3 and 4, the tracts of territorial lands described in the Schedule, including all mines and minerals, including hydrocarbons, whether solid, liquid or gaseous, and the right to work them, are withdrawn from disposal for the period beginning on the date of registration of this Order and ending on the earlier of February 1, 2003, or upon registration of the survey plan of the Site Specific Settlement Land parcels with the Registrar of Land Titles, in the Yukon Territory.

EXCEPTIONS

3. Section 2 does not apply in respect of

(a) any substances or materials that may be disposed of under the Territorial Quarrying Regulations;

(b) forest resources that may be disposed of under the Yukon Timber Regulations.

EXISTING RIGHTS AND INTERESTS

4. For greater certainty, section 2 does not apply in respect of

(a) existing recorded mineral claims in good standing acquired under the Yukon Placer Mining Act or the Yukon Quartz Mining Act;

(b) existing oil and gas rights and interests granted under the Canada Petroleum Resources Act; and

(c) existing rights acquired under section 8 of the Territorial Lands Act or under the Territorial Lands Regulations.

SCHEDULE
(Sections 2 and 4)

TERRITORIAL LANDS WITHDRAWN FROM DISPOSAL

In the Yukon Territory, all those parcels of land shown as "Site Specific Settlement Lands" on the following maps on file at the Federal Claims Office, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, at Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory, copies of which have been deposited with the Supervisor of Lands at Whitehorse and with the Mining Recorders at Whitehorse, Watson Lake, Mayo and Dawson, all in the said Territory:

TERRITORIAL RESOURCE BASE MAPS (SELKIRK FIRST NATION, Y.T.)

column 1	column 2	column 3	column 4
105K/13	105L/9	105L/10	105L/12
105L/14	105M/1	105M/2	105M/4
105N/1	105N/3	115I/9	115I/10
115I/11	115I/13	115I/14	115I/15
115I/16	115J/14	115J/16	115P/1
115P/2	115P/4; and	115P/8

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for this Order appears following SOR/98-290, Order Prohibiting Entry on Certain Lands in the Yukon Territory (1998-No. 4, Selkirk First Nation, Y.T.).

Footnote a

SI/97-41, 1997 Canada Gazette Part II, p. 1336

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