Vol. 151, No. 6 — March 22, 2017

Registration

SOR/2017-33 March 1, 2017

INDIAN ACT

Order Amending the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (Pic Mobert)

Whereas, by Order of the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration dated June 2, 1959, it was declared that the council of the Pic Mobert Band, in Ontario, shall be selected by elections to be held in accordance with the Indian Act (see footnote a);

Whereas the council of that First Nation adopted a resolution, dated May 5, 2016, requesting that the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development add the name of that First Nation to the schedule to the First Nations Elections Act (see footnote b);

And whereas that Minister no longer deems it advisable for the good government of that First Nation that its council be selected by elections held in accordance with the Indian Act (see footnote c);

Therefore, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to subsection 74(1) of the Indian Act (see footnote d), makes the annexed Order Amending the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (Pic Mobert).

Gatineau, February 24, 2017

Carolyn Bennett
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Order Amending the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (Pic Mobert)

Amendment

1 Item 47 of Part V of Schedule I to the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (see footnote 1) is repealed.

Coming into Force

2 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/2017-30, Order Amending the Schedule to the First Nations Elections Act (Songhees).