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Westbank First Nation Self-Government Agreement between Her Majesty
the Queen in Right of Canada and Westbank First Nation
Table of Contents
PREAMBLE
PART I
DEFINITIONS
PART II
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
PART III
LEGAL STATUS AND CAPACITY
PART IV
POWERS OF GOVERNMENT
PART V
APPLICATION OF LAW
PART VI
STRUCTURES AND PROCEDURES OF GOVERNMENT
- Judicial Review
- Delegation
- Governance
- Non-Member Representation
- Accountability
- Indian Act, Indian Oil and Gas Act, First Nations Land Management
Act
- Notification to Canada of Westbank Law
- Westbank Public Register
- Validity of Westbank Law
PART VII
WESTBANK FIRST NATION MEMBERSHIP
PART VIII
WILLS AND ESTATES
PART IX
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
PART X
WESTBANK LANDS AND LAND MANAGEMENT
- Title and Interests in Westbank Lands
- Exchange of Lands
- Register
- Additional Reserve Lands
- Governance of Westbank Lands
- Expropriation for Community Purposes
- Access
- Treatment of Interests in Westbank Lands on Marriage Breakdown
- Procedures to Transfer by Testamentary Disposition or Succession
- Priority of Land and Land Management Law
- Federal Expropriation
- Compensation by Canada
- Status of Westbank Lands
- Reversion of Interest in Westbank Lands
- Return of Full Interest in Westbank Lands
- Application of Expropriation Act
PART XI
LANDLORD AND TENANT
PART XII
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- Renewable Resources
- Non-Renewable Resources
- Priority of Law in Relation to Resource Management
PART XIII
AGRICULTURE
PART XIV
ENVIRONMENT
- Environmental Protection
- Enforcement of Westbank Environment Laws
- Environmental Assessment
PART XV
CULTURE AND LANGUAGE
PART XVI
EDUCATION
PART XVII
HEALTH SERVICES
PART XVIII
ENFORCEMENT OF WESTBANK LAW
- Enforcement Officials
- Offences
- Enforcement Procedures for Westbank Law
- Prosecutions
PART XIX
LICENSING, REGULATION AND OPERATION OF BUSINESSES
PART XX
TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION
PART XXI
PUBLIC WORKS, COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOCAL SERVICES
PART XXII
PUBLIC ORDER, PEACE AND SAFETY
PART XXIII
PROHIBITION OF INTOXICANTS
PART XXIV
FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS
PART XXV
FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS
- Principles of Financing
- The Financial Transfer Agreement
- Westbank First Nation Cost-Sharing of Self-Government
- Provisions Respecting Financial Transfer Agreements
- Review and Renewal of Financial Transfer Agreements
PART XXVI
PRINCIPLES OF IMPLEMENTATION
- Implementation Plan
- Intergovernmental Implementation Committee
PART XXVII
TAXATION TREATMENT
- Tax Treatment of Government and Government Subsidiaries
- Tax Treatment of Gifts to Westbank First Nation
PART XXVIII
TAX AGREEMENTS
PART XXIX
TRANSFER OF CAPITAL AND REVENUE MONEYS
PART XXX
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
PART XXXI
INDIAN ACT PROVISIONS
- Health
- Fisheries
- Westbank First Nation Property Taxation
- General Indian Act Provisions
PART XXXII
RATIFICATION
PART XXXIII
GENERAL
- Review
- Westbank Internal Transfer of Rights and Interests
- Professions and Trades
- Reference to Legislation
- Canadian Human Rights Act
- Freedom of Information and Privacy
- Liability
- Amendment
- Entire Agreement
- Interpretation
- Notice
SCHEDULE A
RATIFICATION OF THE WESTBANK FIRST NATION
SELF-GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT
- Definitions
- General
- Ratification Committee
- Official Voters List
- Information Campaign
- Notification of Ratification Vote
- Voting Process
- Ratification of this Agreement by Westbank First Nation
Westbank First Nation Self-Government
Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada and Westbank
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