M-24.01, r. 2 - Terms and conditions for the signing of certain deeds, documents and writings of the Ministère des Finances

Replaced on 12 January 2012

This document has official status.

chapter M-24.01, r. 2

Terms and conditions for the signing of certain deeds, documents and writings of the Ministère des Finances

Act respecting the Ministère des Finances

(chapter M-24.01, s. 11).

Replaced, O.C. 1312-2011, 2011 G.O. 2, 3746; eff. 2012-01-12; see c. M-24.01, r. 3

1. The Associate Deputy Minister, Policies and Financial Transactions; the Assistant Deputy Minister, Financing; the Director General, Management, Funds and Public Debt; the Director, Treasury Operations; the Director, Market Operations; the Director, Loan Contracting; the Director, Management, Funds; and the Director, Management, Public Debt, are authorized to sign the following documents in lieu and place of the Minister of Finance:

(1)  all documents relating to the management of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and all documents relating to investment of any part of the Consolidated Revenue Fund;

(2)  all documents relating to the issue, sale, awarding, delivery, registration or destruction of securities issued for a borrowing by the Government;

(3)  all documents relating to the creation and management of a sinking fund to repay borrowing of the Government; to the transfer or application of the said sinking fund to other loans in order to redeem them before maturity or to renew or close them at maturity; to the consolidation or renewal of a short-term loan; or to the deposit or investment of contributions of the said funds and any revenue they produce; and

(4)  all documents relating to the management of sums deposited with the Minister of Finance to create a sinking fund prescribed by a law.

O.C. 1243-97, s. 1; O.C. 1339-2002, s. 1; O.C. 23-2006, s. 2.

2. The Associate Deputy Minister, Policies, and Financial Transactions; and the Assistant Deputy Minister, Financing, are authorized to sign, in lieu and place of the Minister of Finance, all documents relating to the authorizations provided for in section 15 of the Act respecting municipal debts and loans (chapter D-7) and section 289 of the Education Act (chapter I-13.3).

O.C. 1243-97, s. 2; O.C. 1339-2002, s. 1; O.C. 23-2006, s. 2.

2.1. The Associate Deputy Minister and, for the sectors in question, any assistant deputy minister and any director general are authorized to sign in lieu and place of the Minister of Finance, the issue, amendment, renewal and revocation of any certificate, visa, attestation or other similar document within the scope of the application of a financial assistance measure in accordance with the Act respecting international financial centres (chapter C-8.3) and the Taxation Act (chapter I-3).

O.C. 1339-2002, s. 2; O.C. 23-2006, s. 2 and 3.

3. The Director General, Administration; and the Associate Deputy Minister, the Comptroller of Finance or an Assistant Deputy Minister, for the sector of activities under their responsibility, are authorized to sign, in lieu and place of the Minister of Finance, the following documents:

(1)  contracts for the acquisition of goods or services and leasing contracts;

(2)  authorization for reimbursement; and

(3)  credit notes.

O.C. 1243-97, s. 3; O.C. 1339-2002, s. 3; O.C. 23-2006, s. 2 and 4.

4. The Director, Material Resources, is authorized to sign contracts for the acquisition of goods in lieu and place of the Minister of Finance.

O.C. 1243-97, s. 4; O.C. 1339-2002, s. 1; O.C. 23-2006, s. 2.

5. The Director, Financial Resources, is authorized to sign authorizations for reimbursement and credits notes in lieu and place of the Minister of Finance.

O.C. 1243-97, s. 5; O.C. 1339-2002, s. 1; O.C. 23-2006, s. 2.

6. The Associate Deputy Minister, Policies and Financial Transactions; the Director General, Financial and Accounting Policies; and the Director, Financing Fund, are authorized to sign, in lieu and place of the Minister of Finance, the following documents:

(1)  all documents relating to loans granted by the Minister of Finance from the Financing Fund; and

(2)  all documents relating to management of the Financing Fund and other activities related to that fund.

O.C. 1243-97, s. 6; O.C. 1339-2002, s. 1; O.C. 23-2006, s. 2.

7. The Director General, Administration, and the Director, Financial Resources, are authorized to sign, in lieu and place of the Minister of Finance, all documents relating to the management of the Information Technologies Fund of the Ministère des Finances.

O.C. 1243-97, s. 7; O.C. 1339-2002, s. 1; O.C. 23-2006, s. 2.

8. The Associate Deputy Minister, Policies and Financial Transactions; the Assistant Deputy Minister, Financing; the Director General, Financial and Accounting Policies; the Director, Market Operations; and the Director, Financial Organization, are authorized to sign, in lieu and place of the Minister of Finance, the following documents:

(1)  ministerial orders issued under section 71 of the Financial Administration Act (chapter A-6.001), where those orders deal with the determination of the dates of issue, periods of sale, terms, bonuses and periods of application thereof or the percentages, factors or other elements allowing for the determination of interest rates or rates of return, as the case may be, applicable to a Québec savings product, where any of those characteristics or terms and conditions has not been determined by the Minister of Finance in the ministerial order providing for the issue and sale of that saving product; and

(2)  all documents relating to the ministerial orders mentioned in paragraph 1.

O.C. 1243-97, s. 8; O.C. 1339-2002, s. 1; O.C. 23-2006, s. 2.

9. The Associate Deputy Minister, Policies and Financial Transactions; the Assistant Deputy Minister, Financing; the Director General, Management, Funds and Public Debt; and the Director, Management, Funds, are authorized to sign, in lieu and place of the Minister of Finance, the following documents:

(1)  documents relating to the opening, operation or closing of a bank account where the holder, signing officer or manager is the Minister of Finance;

(2)  bank transfer orders; and

(3)  documents relating to an agreement approved by the Government or the Conseil du trésor or entered into in compliance with the regulations in force and governing bank or financial services provided to the Government by a financial institution.

O.C. 1243-97, s. 9; O.C. 1339-2002, s. 1; O.C. 23-2006, s. 2.

10. The Associate Deputy Minister, Policies and Financial Transactions; the Assistant Deputy Minister, Financing; the Director General, Management, Funds and Public Debt; the Director, Management, Public Debt; the Director, Management, Funds; and the person in charge of the Bureau des dépôts et consignations are authorized to sign, in lieu and place of the Minister of Finance, the receipts and deposit receipts issued by him under the Deposit Act (chapter D-5) and any declaration required by the application of that Act under article 630 of the Code of Civil Procedure (chapter C-25).

O.C. 1243-97, s. 10; O.C. 1339-2002, s. 1; O.C. 23-2006, s. 2.

10.1. The Associate Deputy Minister, an assistant deputy minister or a director general responsible for financing, debt management or financial operations, or a director under the authority of one of those persons is authorized to sign in the place and stead of the Minister of Finance the documents relating to the power to approve or determine the terms of the loans ordered by municipalities and other municipal bodies.

O.C. 23-2006, s. 5.

11. The Director General, Administration; and the Director, Personnel, are authorized to sign, in lieu and place of the Minister of Finance, declarations required under a garnishment order against salary or wages under the Code of Civil Procedure (chapter C-25) or any other law.

O.C. 1243-97, s. 11; O.C. 1339-2002, s. 1; O.C. 23-2006, s. 2.

12. The Director, Finance-Control and the Investment Manager-mail sector, if they are officers of the Ministère des Finances working at Placements Québec, are authorized to sign, in lieu and place of the Minister of Finance, all documents relating to the management of investments entered for an account as savings products, as well as all documents relating to the management of Québec Savings Bonds issued before 1996.

O.C. 1243-97, s. 12; O.C. 1339-2002, s. 1; O.C. 23-2006, s. 2.

13. (Revoked).

O.C. 1243-97, s. 13; O.C. 1339-2002, s. 4.

14. (Revoked).

O.C. 1243-97, s. 14; O.C. 1339-2002, s. 4.

15. (Revoked).

O.C. 1243-97, s. 15; O.C. 1339-2002, s. 4.

16. (Omitted).

O.C. 1243-97, s. 16.

17. (Omitted).

O.C. 1243-97, s. 17.

REFERENCES

O.C. 1243-97, 1997 G.O. 2, 5105

O.C. 1339-2002, 2002 G.O. 2, 6239

O.C. 23-2006, 2006 G.O. 2, 876