R-20, r. 14.2 - Regulation respecting volunteer construction work

Updated to 1 July 2024

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chapter R-20, r. 14.2

Regulation respecting volunteer construction work

Act respecting labour relations, vocational training and workforce management in the construction industry

(chapter R-20, s. 19, 1st par., subpar. 14).

DIVISION I SCOPE AND PURPOSE

O.C. 1064-2017, Div. I.

1. This Regulation applies to the residential, commercial and institutional sectors. It determines the construction work which, when performed voluntarily and in accordance with the conditions prescribed, is not subject to the Act respecting labour relations, vocational training and workforce management in the construction industry (chapter R-20).

O.C. 1064-2017, s. 1.

DIVISION II VOLUNTEER WORK BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

O.C. 1064-2017, Div. II.

2. The holder of a journeyman competency certificate, an occupation competency certificate, an apprentice competency certificate or the recipient of an exemption issued by the Commission de la construction du Québec may perform, voluntarily, any construction work corresponding to the certificate or exemption for the benefit of

(1)  a natural person, for his or her account and for personal and strictly non-profit-making purposes, with respect to the dwelling that the person inhabits or intends to inhabit; or

(2)  a charitable organization registered as such with the Canada Revenue Agency, for purposes useful to that organization’s mission.

Despite the foregoing, the holder of an apprentice competency certificate or the recipient of an exemption from such a certificate must perform any construction work under the supervision of a holder of a journeyman competency certificate in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Regulation respecting the vocational training of the workforce in the construction industry (chapter R-20, r. 8).

O.C. 1064-2017, s. 2.

DIVISION III VOLUNTEER WORK OPEN TO ANY PERSON

O.C. 1064-2017, Div. III.

3. Despite section 2, a certificate or an exemption is not required for the voluntary performance of the following construction work, for the benefit of a person or organization referred to in section 2 and for the purposes set out therein:

(1)  work relating to interior and exterior painting, interior surfaces such as flooring, wall and ceiling and their finishing, and similar or related work;

(2)  work related to wood or plastic structures, such as finishing carpentry, and similar or related work;

(3)  work relating to interior doors or windows, and similar or related work;

(4)  work relating to cabinets and counter tops, and similar or related work;

(5)  work relating to marble, granite, ceramics, terrazzo and other similar materials, and similar or related work.

O.C. 1064-2017, s. 3.

4. The maintenance and repair work referred to in section 3 may also be performed voluntarily, without a certificate or exemption, for the benefit of

(1)  a natural person, with respect to a duplex, a triplex or a quadruplex owned and occupied by the person;

(2)  the syndicate of a divided co-ownership of not more than 4 dwelling units, with respect to the common portions of the co-ownership;

(3)  a non-profit organization not referred to in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 2, for purposes useful to that organization’s mission;

(4)  a school service centre, a school board or a college referred to in the Act respecting the process of negotiation of the collective agreements in the public and parapublic sectors (chapter R-8.2), a public institution referred to in the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or in the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5), a private educational institution referred to in the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1), a housing cooperative constituted under the Cooperatives Act (chapter C-67.2) or a childcare centre, with respect to its buildings; or

(5)  a person who operates an enterprise that has less than 10 employees, with respect to the premises in which the person operates or intends to operate the enterprise.

O.C. 1064-2017, s. 4; O.C. 816-2021, s. 93.

5. (Omitted).

O.C. 1064-2017, s. 5.

REFERENCES

O.C. 1064-2017, 2017 G.O. 2, 3367

O.C. 816-2021, 2021 G.O. 2, 2103