17.22. The Minister may, by agreement, delegate to a Native band council, a municipality, a legal person or another body part of the management of land areas in the domain of the State, including the hydraulic, mineral, energy, forest and wildlife resources in those areas. Management is delegated, among other things, for the planning, carrying out, following-up and monitoring of operations and, in the case of a municipality, the exercise of regulatory powers.
The Minister may also delegate to the same groups, by agreement, the management of a program the Minister develops under paragraph 3 of section 12 or section 17.13, to the extent and on the terms specified in the program.