Land Management Act
FIRST NATIONS LAND MANAGEMENT ACT
FIRST NATIONS LAND MANAGEMENT ACT
(BILL C-49)
An Act providing for the ratification and bringing into effect of
The Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
The First Nations Land Management Act (Act) was required under the Framework
Agreement on First Nation Land Management (Framework Agreement) for two purposes:
? to ratify;
? and bring into effect the Framework Agreement.
The Act is to be consistent with the Framework Agreement and to apply in the same
manner to the First Nations who are signatories to the Framework Agreement (set out in
the schedule to the Act). The Act was previously introduced in Parliament on December
10, 1996, but the federal election that year prevented it from being enacted. The Bill
leading to the enactment of the Act, was re-introduced as Bill C-49 in June of 1998. It
was given royal assent on June 17, 1999.
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