Mcleod Lake Indian Band Treaty No. 8 Adhesion and Settlement Agreement Act ([SBC 2008] Chapter 8).

The present Act provides for the self-government of the Mcleod Lake Indian Band. For the purpose of the present Act “MLIB Agreement" means the McLeod Lake Indian Band Treaty No. 8 Adhesion and Settlement Agreement entered into by the McLeod Lake Indian Band, Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada and Her Majesty the Queen in right of British Columbia; and "transferable silvi-culture prescription" means a silviculture prescription under which, immediately before a transfer of Crown land to Canada, a holder of a major licence has or will have a subsisting obligation under section 70 of the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act to establish a free growing stand on an area of land under the prescription which land is part of the Crown land that is the subject of the transfer.In particular, section 5 establishes that before or within 60 days after a transfer of Crown land to Canada that includes land under a transferable silviculture prescription, the district manager must deliver written notice to the holder of the prescription of the holder's right to make an election under subsection. Section 7 governs. The text consists of 10 sections as follows: Definitions (1); Assigning responsibilities within government (2); Exercise of discretion under other Acts (3); Certain interests cease on land transfer (4); Silviculture and reforestation (5); Forest roads (6); Non deactivation of Status Forest Roads under the MLIB Agreement (7); Agreements for silviculture, reforestation and deactivation of roads (8); Crown grants of land in severalty (9); Repealed (10).