Vol. 151, No. 6 — March 22, 2017

Registration

SOR/2017-34 March 1, 2017

FIRST NATIONS ELECTIONS ACT

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

Whereas the council of the Gitwangak Band adopted a resolution, dated December 6, 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 a);

Therefore, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to section 3 of the First Nations Elections Act (see footnote b), makes the annexed Order Amending the Schedule to the First Nations Elections Act (Gitwangak).

Gatineau, February 24, 2017

Carolyn Bennett
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

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

Amendment

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

33 Gitwangak Band

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 Gitwangak Band is fixed as May 8, 2017.

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