It is important to note that it is unco
mmon for provincial laws to be incorporated by reference into federal statutes, although one
legislative level’s adoption by reference of the legislation of another legislative level is constitutional.24 Section 88 of the federal Indian Act, for example, incorp
orates by reference provincial “laws of general application,” thus making the provincial laws applicable, with
some excep ...[+++]tions, as part of federal law.