Appeals
The Appeal Tribunal deals with a wide variety of appeals. Our three main areas of appeal are:
Membership Appeals. This type of appeal is heard by a membership panel and include issues such as:
- Membership Applications:
- acceptance (appeal by other members)
- refusals
- deferrals (non-decision by Council)
- Terminations
- Expulsion (includes non-members)
- Residency disputes (during probationary period)
Land Appeals. These are heard by a land panel. Issues under land appeals include but not limited to:
- Cancellation of interest in land
- Improper recording of an interest in land
- Cancel a recording
- Other actions by Registrar
- Compensation
- Granting of an interest
- Changing registered surveys
- Transfers of interests
- Decisions of the sub-division authority
- Compensation for non-renewable resources
- Ownership/extent of interest in land
- Expiration of allotments
- Expiration/non-renewal of PMT
- Descent of property
Surface Access disputes are heard by the Land Access Panel or the Existing Leases Land Access Panel. Types of surface access disputes include:
- Oil and gas development on Settlement lands
- Issuance, amendment, termination of Right of Entry Orders
- Issuance and amendment of Compensation Orders, including the review of rate of compensation
- Appeals under General Council Policies and Settlement By-Laws, such as:
Business Property- Valuation and corresponding taxes of business properties
- Interpretation of clauses of the Business Property Contribution Policy
Management of Non-Renewable Resources- Council management of non-renewable resources
Financial Interests- Financial Interests of Councillors
Timber- Review of Council Decisions
- Fairness of Process
- Compensation for interest, damage
- Interpretation of clauses of Mineral Projects Policy
- Nuisance Orders
- Expulsions
- Anything else where all parties agree in writing that the Appeal Tribunal should settle the dispute
- Anything given to the Appeal Tribunal under the regulations, Settlement by-laws or MSGC policies