Vol. 151, No. 6 — March 22, 2017

Registration

SOR/2017-35 March 1, 2017

INDIAN ACT

Order Amending the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (Gitwangak)

Whereas, by Order in Council P.C. 1952-1701 of March 25, 1952, it was declared that the council of the Kitwanga Band, in British Columbia, shall be selected by elections to be held in accordance with the Indian Act (see footnote a);

Whereas, by band council resolution dated December 18 1980, it was resolved that the name of the band be changed to the Gitwangak Band;

Whereas the council of that First Nation adopted a resolution, dated December 6, 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 b);

And whereas that Minister no longer deems it advisable for the good government of that First Nation that its council be selected by elections held in accordance with the Indian Act (see footnote c);

Therefore, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to subsection 74(1) of the Indian Act (see footnote d), makes the annexed Order Amending the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (Gitwangak).

Gatineau, February 24, 2017

Carolyn Bennett
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Order Amending the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (Gitwangak)

Amendment

1 Item 32 of Part I of Schedule I to the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (see footnote 1) is repealed.

Coming into Force

2 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/2017-30, Order Amending the Schedule to the First Nations Elections Act (Songhees).