M-17.2, r. 1 - Terms and conditions of the signing of certain deeds, documents or writings concerning the application of the Act respecting the Ministère de la Famille, des Aînés et de la Condition féminine in respect of the status of women

Updated to 12 December 2023

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chapter M-17.2, r. 1

Terms and conditions of the signing of certain deeds, documents or writings concerning the application of the Act respecting the Ministère de la Famille, des Aînés et de la Condition féminine in respect of the status of women

Act respecting the Ministère de la Famille, des Aînés et de la Condition féminine

(chapter M-17.2, s. 17).

O.C. 875-99; O.C. 485-2013, s. 21; O.C. 196-2016, s. 1.

1. Subject to the other conditions of validity that may be prescribed by law, the deeds, documents or writings listed in the provisions below and those relating thereto, when signed by the members of the personnel of the department or the position holders referred to therein or, as the case may be, by persons authorized to perform the duties of those persons on an interim basis, is binding on the Minister and may be attributed to him as though he had signed them himself, insofar as they act within their jurisdiction.

O.C. 875-99, s. 1.

DIVISION I GENERAL

2. Assistant Deputy Ministers and Associate Deputy Ministers are authorized to sign, for their sectors of activity,

(1)  services contracts entered into with natural persons, except those related to information technologies;

(2)  calls for tenders and contracts for professional services, except those related to information technologies;

(3)  calls for tenders and contracts for auxiliary services, except those related to information technologies;

(4)  supply contracts (calls for tenders, local orders, requisitions for goods and delivery), except those related to information technologies;

(5)  contracts for the leasing or chartering of equipment, vehicles or aircraft;

(6)  contracts for the repair of machinery or equipment, except those related to information technologies;

(7)  promise and grants of subsidies subject to standards and eligibility criteria approved by the Government or the Conseil du trésor, except those concerning the Act respecting childcare centres and childcare services (chapter C-8.2);

(8)  grants of subsidies not subject to standards for less than $10,000; and

(9)  agreements with any person, association, partnership or body under section 10 of the Act respecting the Ministère de la Famille et de l’Enfance (chapter M-17.2).

Those persons are also authorized, for their sectors of activity, to certify true any document or copy thereof emanating from the department or forming part of its records.

O.C. 875-99, s. 2; O.C. 425-2002, s. 1.

3. The Director General of Administration is authorized to sign, for his sector of activity,

(1)  services contracts entered into with natural persons;

(2)  calls for tenders and contracts for professional services;

(3)  calls for tenders and contracts for auxiliary services;

(4)  supply contracts (calls for tenders, local orders, requisitions for goods and delivery); and

(5)  contracts for the leasing or chartering of equipment, vehicles or aircraft.

The Director General of Administration is also authorized to sign, in connection will all the department’s activities,

(1)  services contracts entered into with natural persons, contracts for professional services, all calls for tenders, contracts for auxiliary services, supply contracts (local orders, requisitions for goods and delivery), contracts for the lease of property, related to information technologies;

(2)  calls for tenders and construction contracts;

(3)  services contracts related to telecommunications services;

(4)  deeds or contracts for the alienation of surplus movable property;

(5)  contracts for the repair of machinery and equipment; and

(6)  services contracts for the physical layout of administrative units, and agreements for the occupation and equipment of immovables with the Société québécoise des infrastructures.

That person is also authorized, for his sector of activity, to certify true any document or copy thereof emanating from the department or forming part of its records.

O.C. 875-99, s. 3.

4. Directors are authorized to sign, for their sectors of activity,

(1)  services contracts entered into with natural persons, except those related to information technologies;

(2)  calls for tenders and contracts for professional services, except those related to information technologies, for less than $50,000;

(3)  calls for tenders and contracts for auxiliary services, except those related to information technologies, for less than $50,000;

(4)  supply contracts (calls for tenders, local orders, requisitions for goods and delivery), except those related to information technologies, for less than $50,000;

(5)  contracts for the leasing or chartering of equipment, vehicles or aircraft, for less than $5,000; and

(6)  contracts for the repair of machinery or equipment, except those related to information technologies, for less than $50,000.

Those persons are also authorized, for their sectors of activity, to certify true any document or copy thereof emanating from the department or forming part of its records.

O.C. 875-99, s. 4.

5. In addition to the writings referred to in section 4, the Director of Financial and Material Resources is authorized to sign, in connection with all the department’s activities,

(1)  calls for tenders and construction contracts for less than $50,000;

(2)  services contracts related to telecommunications services for less than $50,000;

(3)  deeds or contracts for the alienation of surplus movable property;

(4)  contracts for the repair of machinery and equipment for less than $50,000; and

(5)  services contracts for the physical layout of administrative units, and agreements for the occupation and equipment of immovables with the Société québécoise des infrastructures for less than $50,000.

O.C. 875-99, s. 5.

6. In addition to the writings referred to in section 4, the Director of Re-engineering and Informational Resources is authorized to sign, in connection with all the department’s activities,

(1)  services contracts entered into with natural persons, contracts for professional services, all calls for tenders, contracts for auxiliary services, supply contracts (local orders, requisitions for goods and delivery), contracts for the leasing of property, related to information technologies for less than $50,000;

(2)  services contracts related to telecommunications services for less than $50,000; and

(3)  contracts for the repair of machinery and equipment related to information technologies for less than $50,000.

O.C. 875-99, s. 6.

7. The Secretary of the department is authorized to sign, for his sector of activity,

(1)  services contracts entered into with natural persons, except those related to information technologies, for less than $25,000;

(2)  calls for tenders and contracts for professional services, except those related to information technologies, for less than $25,000;

(3)  calls for tenders and contracts for auxiliary services, except those related to information technologies, for less than $25,000;

(4)  supply contracts (calls for tenders, local orders, requisitions for goods and delivery), except those related to information technologies, for less than $25,000;

(5)  contracts for the leasing or chartering of equipment, vehicles or aircraft for less than $5,000; and

(6)  contracts for the repair of machinery or equipment, except those related to information technologies, for less than $25,000.

That person is also authorized, in connection with all the department’s activities, to certify true any document or copy thereof emanating from the department or forming part of its records.

O.C. 875-99, s. 7.

8. The officially identified purchasers of the department are authorized to sign, for their sectors of activity,

(1)  calls for tenders and contracts for auxiliary services, except those related to information technologies, for less than $5,000;

(2)  supply contracts (calls for tenders, local orders, requisitions for goods and delivery), except those related to information technologies, for less than $5,000; and

(3)  contracts for the repair of machinery or equipment, except those related to information technologies, for less than $5,000.

O.C. 875-99, s. 8.

9. In addition to the writings referred to in section 8, a purchaser officially identified as belonging to the Direction de la réingénierie et des ressources informationnelles is authorized to sign, in connection with all the department’s activities,

(1)  calls for tenders and contracts for auxiliary services related to information technologies for less than $5,000;

(2)  supply contracts (calls for tenders, local orders, requisitions for goods and delivery), related to information technologies, for less than $5,000; and

(3)  contracts for the repair of machinery or equipment related to information technologies for less than $5,000.

O.C. 875-99, s. 9.

9.1. The Secretary of the Secrétariat à la condition féminine is authorized to sign, for her sector of activity,

(1)  the writings referred to in section 2, including those related to information technologies;

(2)  agreements with a government other than that of Québec, one of its departments, an international organization or a body of that government or organization, under section 9 of the Act respecting the Ministère de la Famille, des Aînés et de la Condition féminine (chapter M-17.2).

The secretary is also authorized, for her sector of activity, to certify as true any document or copy thereof emanating from the department or forming part of its records.

O.C. 425-2002, s. 2.

9.2. The Director General of the Secrétariat à la condition féminine is authorized to sign, for her sector of activity, the writings referred to in section 4, including those related to information technologies.

The Director General is also authorized, for her sector of activity, to certify as true any document or copy thereof emanating from the department or forming part of its records.

O.C. 425-2002, s. 2.

9.3. The Administrative Director of the Secrétariat à la condition féminine is authorized to sign, for her sector of activity, the writings referred to in section 4, including those related to information technologies.

The Administrative Director is also authorized, for her sector of activity, to certify as true any document or copy thereof emanating from the department or forming part of its records.

O.C. 425-2002, s. 2.

9.4. (Revoked).

O.C. 425-2002, s. 2; O.C. 196-2016, s. 2.

9.5. The Québec sales tax (QST) and the goods and services tax (GST) or, where applicable, the harmonized sales tax (HST) are not taken into account in the amounts provided for in these Terms and conditions.

O.C. 359-2013, s. 1.

DIVISION II

(Revoked)

O.C. 875-99, div. II; O.C. 485-2013, s. 20.

10. (Revoked).

O.C. 875-99, s. 10; O.C. 425-2002, s. 3; O.C. 485-2013, s. 20.

11. (Revoked).

O.C. 875-99, s. 11; O.C. 485-2013, s. 20.

12. (Revoked).

O.C. 875-99, s. 12; O.C. 485-2013, s. 20.

13. (Revoked).

O.C. 875-99, s. 13; O.C. 485-2013, s. 20.

14. (Revoked).

O.C. 875-99, s. 14; O.C. 485-2013, s. 20.

DIVISION III

(Revoked)

O.C. 875-99, div. III; O.C. 485-2013, s. 20.

15. (Revoked).

O.C. 875-99, s. 15; O.C. 485-2013, s. 20.

16. (Revoked).

O.C. 875-99, s. 16; O.C. 485-2013, s. 20.

17. (Revoked).

O.C. 875-99, s. 17; O.C. 485-2013, s. 20.

REFERENCES

O.C. 875-99, 1999 G.O. 2, 2711

O.C. 425-2002, 2002 G.O. 2, 2229

O.C. 359-2013, 2013 G.O. 2, 980

O.C. 485-2013, 2013 G.O. 2, 1275

S.Q. 2013, c. 23, s. 164

O.C. 196-2016, 2016, G.O. 2, 1399