C-67.1, r. 1 - Regulation respecting eligibility for the benefits of the Northeastern Québec Agreement

Section 1 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

1. In this Regulation, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:

(a)  “adoption”: the adoption of a child who is a minor, made in accordance with the adoption laws of any of the provinces of Canada or the customs of the Naskapi in the Territory;

(b)  “local officer”: an officer appointed in accordance with section 28;

(c)  “local enrollment committee”: a committee whose members are appointed in accordance with section 14;

(d)  “Enrollment Commission” or “Commission”: the Enrollment Commission established by this Regulation;

(e)  “Québec Native Appeal Board”: the appeal board established by the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1);

(f)  “Naskapi community”: a group in the Territory, made up of all members of the Naskapi band, within the meaning of the Indian Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. I-5), as well as any other person entitled to be enrolled as a beneficiary of the Agreement and recognized by the band as belonging to this group;

(g)  “Agreement”: the agreement tabled in the National Assembly on 18 April 1978 as Sessional Document No. 113;

(h)  “Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec”: the agreement tabled in the National Assembly on 9 June 1976 as Sessional Documents Nos. 101 and 102;

(i)  “Indian Act”: the Indian Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. I-5);

(j)  “minor”: an unmarried person under 18 years of age;

(k)  “recognition by the community”: a resolution approved by the majority of the Naskapi band council members;

(l)  “Secretary General”: the person in charge of the Registre de la population of the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux;

(m)  “Territory”: the Territory referred to in the Agreement.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. C-67.1, r. 1, s. 1.