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ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᔪᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᕋᓛᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓐᖑᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂᒃ ᐃᑉᐳᕈ 1, 1999-ᖑᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ.
ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓂᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑕᐅᖏᑦᑑᒐᓗᐊᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᐱᖁᔭᓕᕆᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ. ᐱᖁᔭᓕᒫᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᕙᖏᑦᑑᒐᓗᐊᑦ -- ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᖁᔭᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐅᑎᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᕋᓛᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᒨᖓᔪᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓇᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᖓᖅᓯᒪᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓇᓕᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᒋᐊᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᑖᒃᑯᓇᓂ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᐱᖁᔭᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐄᑉᐳᕈ 1, 1999-ᖑᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ.
ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐃᓚᕈᑕᖏᑦ ᐲᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᓚᕈᑎᖏᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕈᑕᐅᓂᑯᐃᑦ ᐲᖅᑕᐅᖔᕐᓂᑯᐃᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑭᖑᕝᕕᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᐃᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓚᕈᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓐᖑᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ.
ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᕈᒪᒍᕕᒋᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖏᑦ ᓄᑖᓐᖑᕆᐊᖅᑳᓚᐅᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᓄᑖᓐᖑᕆᐊᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ:
ᐱᖁᔭᓄᑦ:
- ᓄᑖᖑᓛᖑᔪᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑏᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᖅ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᔭᐃᑦ ᑭᖑᕝᕕᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᑦ, ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓐᓂᕐᒪᖔᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐄᑉᐳᕈ 1, 1999 ᒥᓂᑦ;
- ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖃᕐᓂᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓄᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑏᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᓄᑖᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓐᖑᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᑯᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖓᑕ "ᐱᖁᔭᖃᕐᕕᒃ"-ᓚᓯᒪᔫᑉ ᐊᑖᓂ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ.
- ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᖏᑕ.
ᐱᖁᔭᕋᓛᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᓗ ᐱᖁᔭᓐᖑᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᒋᑦ:
- ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᑖᖑᓛᖑᔪᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒧᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᕋᓛᓄᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᖁᔭᕌᓛᖑᔪᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓐᖑᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑕᐅᓂᑯᐃᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑭᖑᕝᕕᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᑕᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᑉᐳᕈ 1, 1999 ᒥᓂᑦ;
- ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᐅᕋᐃᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᑕ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑏᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᕿᓂᕈᕕᑦ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᕋᓛᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᓐᖑᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓚᖓ 2-ᒥ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᔭᑦᒥ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ;
- ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᕋᓛᖑᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᕕᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᓐᖑᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᔭᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ.
ᐊᑐᓂᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖃᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᓇᓪᓕᐊᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊᓗ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᔪᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᕋᓛᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ "ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒨᖓᔪᓂᒃ" ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᒋᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᔪᒫᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓱᓕ ᐱᖁᔭᕈᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ.
ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐆᒃᑑᑕᐅᖏᑦᑐᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᑲᕐᕆᓂᖅᓴᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᕿᓂᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᐹᓪᓕᐅᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᐱᖁᔭᓕᒫᑦ ᐊᑕᖏᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᕙᖏᑦᑐᑦ - - ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑏᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒧᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑏᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᕋᓛᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᐅᖅᑳᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᓐᖓᕈᒪᒍᕕᒋᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐊᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᒧᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᖃᕐᒪᖔᑦ.
ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᔪᒪᒍᕕᒋᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᔭᑎᑦ ᓄᑖᓐᖑᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᒐᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᖏᑕ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᖅᑳᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᐃᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖃᕆᐊᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᑖᓐᖑᕆᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖁᓛᓂ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓲᔾᔨᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᒪᓕᒡᓗᒋᑦ.
ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᖁᔭᐃᑦ ᐊᑖᓃᑦᑐᑦ "ᐱᖁᔭᖃᕐᕕᒃ"-ᓚᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᑐᑭᖓ "ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᖓ ᐆᒧᖓ ᐱᖁᔭᒧᑦ" ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᖕᒥᖕᒪᑕ ᐱᖁᔭᓐᖑᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐄᑉᐳᕈ 1, 1999-ᒥᓂᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ.
ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑏᑦ ᐊᑐᓃᖓᓕᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᔭᐅᓂᑯᕕᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᐃᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖏᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑎᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ. ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᒋᕗᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑎᓂᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᔭᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᓂᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᐃᑦ:
- ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑎ ᐃ: ᐱᖁᔭᐃᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓐᖑᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᑯᐃᑦ ᐄᑉᐳᕈ 1, 1999-ᒥᑦ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᖁᔭᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓐᖑᖅᑎᑕᐅᕕᒃᓴᖏᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᓂᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ
- ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑎ ᐱ: ᐱᖁᔭᐃᑦ ᑭᖑᕝᕕᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᔪᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᒫᔾᔨ 31, 1999 ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ
- ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑎ ᑎ: ᐱᖁᔭᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓐᖑᖅᑎᑕᐅᕕᒃᓴᖏᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᐃᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑎᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ, ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᐃᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᓂᑰᔪᑦ
- ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑎ ᑭ: ᐱᖁᔭᓐᖑᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᑯᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᑖᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᖁᔭᐃᑦ ᑭᖑᕝᕕᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᐃᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒨᖓᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᔾᔪᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᖏᑦᑐᑦ
The Tables set out the status of regulations and other statutory instruments as of the date indicated on the first page. Included in the Tables is the following information:
- Table A: Regulations that have been repealed after March 31, 1999
- Table B: Regulations that are spent after March 31, 1999
- Table C: Regulations in force on the date specified in the Table, including amendments to regulations
- Table D: Statutory instruments in force on the date specified in the Table, including amendments to statutory instruments
- Table E: Regulations removed from Nunavut Tables (found in the Tables for 2003 only)
These consolidations are like a snapshot of Nunavut's laws on April 1, 1999. They consist of statutes (or laws) and regulations, including amendments, that were in force when Nunavut was created.
Consolidations are not an official statement of the law, but are prepared for the convenience of users. Not all laws are consolidated – the Tables of Acts and Tables of Regulations should be consulted to determine whether anything else may be relevant.
Some provisions may be omitted from the consolidation, such those that amend or repeal other legislation or coming into force provisions.
If you wish to use these consolidations, make sure that you update your information by following these steps:
For Acts:
- Check the most current Tables of Acts to see if the Act has been repealed, is spent or has been amended since April 1, 1999;
- Find out if further legislation has been made after the date of the Tables by checking for new Acts in the current year of Statutes of Nunavut (Annual Volumes);
- Check with the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for bills that have been passed.
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- Check the most current Tables of Regulations to see if the regulation or instrument has been repealed, is spent or has been amended since April 1, 1999;
- Find out if further legislation has been made after the date of the Tables by checking for new regulations or statutory instruments in Part II of the Nunavut Gazette;
- Check with the Regulations Registry for regulations that have been registered since the date of the last Nunavut Gazette.