Order Amending the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (Nigigoonsiminikaaning): SOR/2018-94
Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 152, Number 10
Registration
May 3, 2018
INDIAN ACT
Whereas, by Order 485/3-5 dated December 3, 1971, it was declared that the council of the Nicickousemenecaning Band, in Ontario, shall be selected by elections to be held in accordance with the Indian Act footnote a;
Whereas, by band council resolution dated September 30, 2005, the name of the band was changed to Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation;
Whereas the council of that First Nation adopted a resolution, dated March 1, 2018, 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 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 footnote a;
Therefore, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to subsection 74(1) of the Indian Act footnote a, makes the annexed Order Amending the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (Nigigoonsiminikaaning).
Gatineau, May 2, 2018
Carolyn Bennett
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Order Amending the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (Nigigoonsiminikaaning)
Amendment
1 Item 39 of Part V of Schedule I to the Indian Bands Council Elections Order footnote 1 is repealed.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/2018-90, Order Amending the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (Metepenagiag).