Westbank First Nation Self-Government Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada and Westbank First Nation TABLE OF CONTENTS PREAMBLE ....................................................................................................................................1 PART I .............................................................................................................................................3 DEFINITIONS ...........................................................................................................................3 PART II ............................................................................................................................................5 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES .............................................................................................5 PART III ..........................................................................................................................................8 LEGAL STATUS AND CAPACITY ........................................................................................8 PART IV ..........................................................................................................................................9 POWERS OF GOVERNMENT ................................................................................................9 PART V .........................................................................................................................................11 APPLICATION OF LAW .......................................................................................................11 PART VI ........................................................................................................................................13 STRUCTURES AND PROCEDURES OF GOVERNMENT ................................................13 Judicial Review ...............................................................................................................14 Delegation .......................................................................................................................14 Governance .....................................................................................................................15 Non-Member Representation ..........................................................................................15 Accountability .................................................................................................................16 Indian Act, Indian Oil and Gas Act, First Nations Land Management Act ....................16 Notification to Canada of Westbank Law .......................................................................16 Westbank Public Register ...............................................................................................17 Validity of Westbank Law ..............................................................................................17 PART VII .......................................................................................................................................18 WESTBANK FIRST NATION MEMBERSHIP ....................................................................18 PART VIII .....................................................................................................................................19 WILLS AND ESTATES..........................................................................................................19 PART IX ........................................................................................................................................20 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ..............................................................................................20 PART X .........................................................................................................................................21 WESTBANK LANDS AND LAND MANAGEMENT ............................................................. 21 Title and Interests in Westbank Lands ............................................................................21 Exchange of Lands ..........................................................................................................21 WESTBANK FIRST NATION SELF-GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT Register ...........................................................................................................................22 Additional Reserve Lands ...............................................................................................23 Governance of Westbank Lands .....................................................................................23 Expropriation for Community Purposes .........................................................................24 Access .............................................................................................................................25 Treatment of Interests in Westbank Lands on Marriage Breakdown .............................25 Procedures to Transfer by Testamentary Disposition or Succession ..............................25 Priority of Land and Land Management Law .................................................................26 Federal Expropriation .....................................................................................................26 Compensation by Canada ...............................................................................................27 Status of Westbank Lands ...............................................................................................28 Reversion of Interest in Westbank Lands .......................................................................29 Return of Full Interest in Westbank Lands .....................................................................29 Application of Expropriation Act ...................................................................................29 PART XI ........................................................................................................................................30 LANDLORD AND TENANT .................................................................................................30 PART XII .......................................................................................................................................31 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ...............................................................................................31 Renewable Resources .....................................................................................................31 Non-Renewable Resources .............................................................................................31 Priority of Law in Relation to Resource Management ...................................................32 PART XIII .....................................................................................................................................33 AGRICULTURE .....................................................................................................................33 PART XIV .....................................................................................................................................34 ENVIRONMENT ....................................................................................................................34 Environmental Protection ...............................................................................................34 Enforcement of Westbank Environment Laws ...............................................................35 Environmental Assessment .............................................................................................37 PART XV.......................................................................................................................................42 CULTURE AND LANGUAGE ..............................................................................................42 PART XVI .....................................................................................................................................45 EDUCATION ..........................................................................................................................45 PART XVII ....................................................................................................................................47 HEALTH SERVICES ..............................................................................................................47 PART XVIII...................................................................................................................................48 ENFORCEMENT OF WESTBANK LAW.............................................................................48 Enforcement Officials .....................................................................................................48 Offences .........................................................................................................................49 ii WESTBANK FIRST NATION SELF-GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT Enforcement Procedures for Westbank Law ..................................................................49 Prosecutions ...................................................................................................................50 PART XIX .....................................................................................................................................52 LICENSING, REGULATION AND OPERATION OF BUSINESSES ................................52 PART XX.......................................................................................................................................53