Appendix 3: Amendments

The following is a cumulative of all amendments to the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and to the Implementation Contract, which received Governor in Council approval following all-party recommendations.

NUNAVUT LAND CLAIMS AGREEMENT

• 5.4.2: extension to January 1, 1996 from July 9, 1994 for the start of the Nunavut Wildlife Harvest Study; and
  
  
• 5.6.25: extension for the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board to establish the basic needs levels for beluga, narwhal and walrus within 24 months, rather than 12 months, from the establishment of the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board.
• 5.6.25: extension of the deadline for the establishment of the basic needs levels for beluga, narwhal and walrus to March 31, 1997;
  
  
• 8.2.2: extension to negotiate and conclude an IIBA for Auyuittuq National Park by July 9, 1997;
  
  
• 8.2.3: extension to negotiate and conclude an IIBA for Ellesmere Island National Park by July 9, 1997; and
  
  
• 35.5.7: extension to the deadline for the Appeals Committee to hear and determine appeals to July 9, 1996.

IMPLEMENTATION CONTRACT

• 5.2: extending funding provided to the transition teams to year three of implementation;
  
  
• Schedule 1 Page 5-6: extending the time-frame for the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board to develop the methodology and design of the wildlife harvest study (to October 1, 1995), to identify the Designated Inuit Organization required to collect data (to January 1, 1996), and to prepare a multi-year budget for the study (to July 1, 1995);
  
  
• Schedule 1 Page 5-13: extending the time-frame for establishing Hunters and Trappers Organizations and Regional Wildlife Organizations from the first anniversary of the Agreement (July 9, 1994) to the second anniversary (July 9, 1995);
  
  
• Schedule 1 Page 19-13: deleting the Department of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources as a responsible agency respecting the rights to carving stone; and
  
  
• Schedule 2 Part 2: transferring funding from the Nunavut Water Board and Nunavut Impact Review Board Transition Teams to the Territorial government to provide additional funding for the training of municipal land administrators.
• Page 8-2 of Schedule 1: replacing the entry under the heading “Timing” to July 9, 1997;
  
  
• Page 8-3 of Schedule 1: replacing the entry under the heading, “Timing” to July 9, 1997;
  
  
• Page 24-1 of Schedule 1: replacing the first entry under the heading, “Referenced Clauses” by 24.2.1; and
  
  
• Page 35-6 of Schedule 1: replacing the entry under, “Timing” for the second activity by July 9, 1996.