Order Amending the Schedule to the First Nations Elections Act (Esgenoôpetitj): SOR/2020-196

Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 154, Number 20

Registration
SOR/2020-196 September 11, 2020

FIRST NATIONS ELECTIONS ACT

Whereas the council of the Esgenoôpetitj First Nation adopted a resolution, dated May 7, 2020, requesting that the Minister add the name of the First Nation to the schedule to the First Nations Elections Act footnote a;

Therefore, the Minister of Indigenous Services, pursuant to section 3 of the First Nations Elections Act footnote a, makes the annexed Order Amending the Schedule to the First Nations Elections Act (Esgenoôpetitj).

Gatineau, September 10, 2020

Marc Miller
Minister of Indigenous Services

Order Amending the Schedule to the First Nations Elections Act (Esgenoôpetitj)

Amendment

1 The schedule to the First Nations Elections Act footnote a is amended by adding the following in numerical order:

First Election Date

2 In accordance with subsection 3(2) of the First Nations Elections Act, the date of the first election of the council of the Esgenoôpetitj First Nation is fixed as November 12, 2020.

Coming into Force

3 This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for this Order appears following SOR/2020-195, Order Amending the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (Esgenoôpetitj).