Land, Resource and Self-Government Agreements have been completed in the Gwich’in and Sahtu regions. These agreements require the development of land use plans and legally new applications for development to conform to an approved plan. Under the 2001 Dehcho First Nations Interim Measures Agreement and the 2007 DLUPC Terms of Reference, the Interim Dehcho land use plan may be implemented before the Dehcho Process is completed. This requires that the plan be implemented through different mechanisms to be legally binding – namely interim land withdrawals, binding policy direction from the federal minister to the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board to follow the approved plan in carrying out their mandate, and new territorial legislation directing the departments and agencies of the Government of the Northwest Territories to follow the approved plan.