Vol. 151, No. 1 — January 11, 2017

Registration

SOR/2016-332 December 23, 2016

FIRST NATIONS ELECTIONS ACT

Order Amending the Schedule to the First Nations Elections Act (Mistawasis Nehiyawak)

Whereas the council of the Mistawasis Nehiyawak First Nation adopted a resolution, dated August 30, 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 (Mistawasis Nehiyawak).

Gatineau, December 22, 2016

Carolyn Bennett
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Order Amending the Schedule to the First Nations Elections Act (Mistawasis Nehiyawak)

Amendment

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

30 Mistawasis Nehiyawak

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 Mistawasis Nehiyawak First Nation is fixed as April 7, 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/2016-329, Order Amending the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (Fishing Lake First Nation).