Nisga'a Final Agreement Act [ An Act to give effect to the Nisga'a Final Agreement ]

Nisga'a Final Agreement Indian Remission Order

Implementation Plan for the Nisga'a Final Agreement

Ordinance of 7 December 2007 to the Federal Act on the Privileges, Immunities and Facilities and the Financial Subsidies granted by Switzerland as a Host State | Host State Ordinance [ HSO ]

(a) members of the legislature of a province or persons on the staff of such members; (b) employees of the government of a province; (c) members of a council or other statutory body charged with the administration of the civil or municipal affairs of a city, town, municipality or district, persons on the staff of such members or officers or employees of a city, town, municipality or district; (d) members of the council of a band as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act or of the council of an Indian band established by an Act of Parliament, persons on their staff or employees of such a council; (d.1) members of a governing bod ...[+++]y under the constitution of a first nation named in Schedule II to the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act, persons on their staff or employees of such a governing body; (d.2) members of Nisga'a Government, as defined in the Nisga'a Final Agreement given effect by the Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, persons on the staff of those members or employees of the Nisga'a Nation, a Nisga'a Village or a Nisga'a Institution, as defined in that Agreement; (e) diplomatic agents, consular officers or official representatives in Canada of a foreign government; or (f) officials of a specialized agency of the United Nations in Canada or officials of any other international organization to whom there are granted, by or under any Act of Parliament, privileges and immunities.

(a) any municipality, province, municipal or provincial board, commission, corporation or other authority that levies and collects a real property tax or a frontage or area tax pursuant to an Act of the legislature of a province, (b) any council of a band within the meaning of the Indian Act that levies and collects a real property tax or a frontage or area tax pursuant to an Act of Parliament, (c) any band within the meaning of the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act, chapter 18 of the Statutes of Canada, 1984, that levies and collects a tax on interests in Category IA land or Category IA-N land as defined in that Act, (d) the Council within the meaning of the Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act, chapter 27 of the Statutes of Canada, 1986, if ...[+++] it levies and collects a real property tax or a frontage or area tax in respect of Sechelt lands, as defined in that Act, (e) a first nation named in Schedule II to the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act, if it levies and collects a real property tax or a frontage or area tax in respect of settlement land, as defined in that Act, or in respect of lands in which an interest is transferred or recognized under section 21 of that Act, or (f) the Nisga'a Nation or a Nisga'a Village, as defined in the Nisga'a Final Agreement given effect by the Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, if it levies and collects a real property tax or a frontage or area tax in respect of Nisga'a Lands, as defined in that Agreement.

(d.2) members of Nisga'a Government, as defined in the Nisga'a Final Agreement given effect by the Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, persons on the staff of those members or employees of the Nisga'a Nation, a Nisga'a Village or a Nisga'a Institution, as defined in that Agreement;

The Nisga'a Final Agreement Act and the Nisga'a Final Agreement are, in part, intended to modernize Nisga'a government and to create a local government structure for the Nisga'a people which is democratic, accountable and effective.