TAXATION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES. Canada and the Band agree that, pursuant to the terms of the Replacement Public Utility Easements, no Public Utility Company shall be required to pay any taxes, duties, tolls, imposts or levies of any kind or nature howsoever charged, imposed or assessed by Canada, the Band or any federal authority in respect of the distribution lines, transmission lines or other works installed upon Entitlement Reserve land, save and except:
(a) such existing taxes, duties, tolls, imposts or levies, if any, including any future increases related thereto, which are, as at the Execution Date, lawfully charged, imposed or assessed by Canada or any federal authority; and
(b) any other taxes, duties, tolls, imposts or levies of general application, if any, which are hereafter lawfully charged, imposed or assessed by Canada, the Band or any federal authority, both on and off Reserve lands, and which the Public Utility Companies would otherwise be required to pay.
TAXATION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES. Canada and the Entitlement Bands agree that, pursuant to the terms of the Replacement Public Utility Easements, no Public Utility Company shall be required to pay any taxes, duties, tolls, imposts or levies of any kind or nature howsoever charged, imposed or assessed by Canada, the Band or any federal authority in respect of the distribution lines, transmission lines or other works installed upon Entitlement Reserve land, save and except:
