First Nations Land Management Act (S.C. 1999, c. 24).

Subject

Land & soil

Keyword

Basic legislation Land tenure Land reform Foreign land tenure Public land Subdivision of land Urban land Indigenous peoples

Geographical area

Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic

Abstract

The First Nations Land Management Act (FNLMA) was passed by the federal Parliament in 1999 on the initiative of fourteen Indian Act Bands wishing to escape the land management provisions of the Indian Act in order to improve their capacities and opportunities for economic development. The Act provides the term "first nation" meaning an Indian Act band named in a schedule. Additional First Nations may request the Governor-in-Council to have the Act applied to them. The term “first nation land" means reserve land to which a land code applies and includes all the interests or rights in, and resources of, the land that are within the legislative authority of Parliament.

Full text

English

Website

www.gc.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management.

Legislation | Canada | 1996 (2007)

Keyword: Sub-national agreement, Contract/agreement, Land tenure, Subdivision of land, Traditional rights/customary rights, Vested rights/existing rights, Land valuation, Land commission, Land-use planning, Lease, Policy/planning, Court/tribunal, Dispute settlement, Indigenous peoples

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

First Nations Land Registry Regulations (SOR/2007-231).

Legislation | Canada | 2007 (2008)

Keyword: Land tenure, Cadastre/land registration, Indigenous peoples, Registration, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Enforcement/compliance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act (S.C. 2008, c. 32).

Legislation | Canada | 2008 (2009)

Keyword: Indigenous peoples, Marine fisheries, Inland fisheries, Contract/agreement, Sub-national agreement, Land tenure, Right of use, Enforcement/compliance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX