200. The Commission decides whether the Deputy Minister must authorize the project or not and, as the case may be, under which conditions.
In the case where no Naskapi or mandatary of the Naskapis is a member of the Commission at the time the latter is preparing to make the decision contemplated in the first paragraph, regarding a proposed project on Category IB-N or II-N lands, the Commission must transmit a copy of the impact study to the Naskapi Village Corporation for comment before making that decision.
In the case contemplated in the second paragraph, the Commission may make its decision after the expiry of thirty days following the date on which the Naskapi Village Corporation received a copy of the impact study or following its reception of the latter’s recommendation, whichever occurs first.
The Commission may extend the period contemplated in the third paragraph where the nature or importance of the project justifies it and to the extent that the additional period does not prevent it from transmitting its decision within the period prescribed under the fifth paragraph.
The Commission transmits its decision to the Deputy Minister and to the Minister within forty-five days in the case of a project which it has decided to submit to the assessment and review procedure in conformity with section 192 and within ninety days in the case of a project automatically subject to such procedure, unless the Deputy Minister grants a supplementary delay when the nature or importance of the project justifies it.
The delays contemplated in the fifth paragraph run from the date on which the Deputy Minister informs the Commission that the file on such project is complete, in accordance with the second paragraph of section 196.
Finally, the Commission shall transmit a copy of its decision to the Naskapi Village Corporation in the case contemplated in the second paragraph.
1978, c. 94, s. 4; 1979, c. 25, s. 113; 1979, c. 49, s. 33.