C-32614470-71Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III2021-2022-2023An Act to amend the Territorial Lands ActAn Act to amend the Territorial Lands Act20233

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Ms. Idlout441237

SUMMARYThis enactment amends the Territorial Lands Act to authorize the Governor in Council to make regulations for the acquisition of mining rights in, under or on territorial lands and to require that any such regulations must provide for the free, prior and informed consent of Inuit and of any other Indigenous peoples who would be directly affected.

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:R.S., c. T-7Territorial Lands Act

1Section 12 of the Territorial Lands Act is replaced by the following:

Acquisition of mining rights12The Governor in Council may make regulations for the acquisition of mining rights in, under or on territorial lands and the payment of royalties in respect of the acquisition, but such regulations shall(a)provide that any such acquisition requires the free, prior and informed consent of Inuit and of any other Indigenous peoples who would be directly affected by it; and(b)provide for the protection of and compensation to the holders of surface rights.