Kitsumkalum Agreement-in-Principle
“Ratification Committee” means the committee established in accordance with paragraph 3 of the
Ratification of the Final Agreement Chapter.
“Registrar” means the “registrar” as defined in the Land Title Act.
“Responsible Person��� means a “responsible person” as defined in the Environmental Management
Act.
“Review Period” means a time period beginning on a Periodic Review Date, and ending on a date six
months later, or another date as the Parties may agree.
“Right of Way” means an interest in a defined area of land on which a grant is given for a specified
use, including use for a road, Public Utility or Railway.
“Safety and Well-Being of Children” includes those guiding principles under section 2 of the Child,
Family and Community Service Act.
“Settlement Legislation” means Federal Settlement Legislation and Provincial Settlement Legislation.
“Site Profile” means “site profile” as defined in the Environmental Management Act.
“Species at Risk” means a species that is identified by federal legislation as an extirpated, endangered
or threatened species or a species of special concern.
“Specific Claims Policy” means the policy described in the Specific Claims Policy and Process Guide
(2009).
“Stream” means a natural watercourse or source of water supply, whether usually containing water or
not, and a lake, river, creek, spring, ravine, swamp and gulch, but does not include Groundwater.
“Submerged Lands” means lands below the “natural boundary” as defined in the Land Act.
“Subsurface Resources” means:
a)
earth, including diatomaceous earth, soil, peat, marl, sand and gravel;
b)
slate, shale, argillite, limestone, marble, clay, gypsum, volcanic ash and rock;
c)
minerals, including Placer Minerals;
d)
coal, Petroleum and Natural Gas;
e)
Geothermal Resources; and
f)
fossils.
“Subsurface Tenures” means those tenures to be listed in Appendix C-3 of the Final Agreement.
“Surveyor General’s Guidelines” means guidelines published by the British Columbia Surveyor
General which instruct a British Columbia Land Surveyor as to a specific methodology to follow in
undertaking a particular component(s) of the field survey and/or preparation of a survey plan required
by the Final Agreement.
“Tenured Subsurface Resources” means those Subsurface Resources subject to Subsurface Tenures.
“Timber” or “Timber Resources” means trees, whether living, standing, dead, fallen, limbed, bucked
or peeled.
“Trade and Barter” does not include sale.
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