23.1. Where, 18 months prior to 1 January 2027, no service to collect and transport residual materials covered by this Regulation is provided in the territory of a Northern village referred to in the third paragraph of section 12, a producer must, not later than the start of that 18th month, take steps with the Kativik Regional Government or the Aboriginal community of the northern village concerned to enter into a contract for, as a minimum, the collection and transportation of residual materials from residential buildings with less than 9 dwellings in that territory, on the conditions set out in subparagraphs 1 to 4 of the first paragraph of section 24 with the minimum content set out in section 25.
Where, 12 months prior to 1 January 2027, no contract has been entered into pursuant to the first paragraph by the producer and the Kativik Regional Government or Aboriginal community of the northern village concerned, they may, within 14 days after the time limit, begin a mediation process with a mediator selected from a list of mediators selected pursuant to section 53. The producer and the Kativik Regional Government or, as the case may be, the Aboriginal community must pay the fees, expenses, allowances and indemnities of the mediator entrusted with the dispute jointly and in equal shares.
The provisions of the third, fourth and fifth paragraphs of section 18 apply to the mediation process referred to in the second paragraph, with the necessary modifications.
1365-2023O.C. 1365-2023, s. 131.