10. The director of information resources is authorized, in the exercise of the director’s powers, duties and functions, to sign(1) supply contracts for less than $25,000;
(2) shipping orders for less than $250,000;
(3) services contracts for less than $100,000, or for less than $10,000, when, in the latter case, the contract is entered into with a natural person or is for the supply of personnel, except(a) services contracts relating to the hiring of a labour relations negotiator or arbitrator, of an expert witness before the court or of a physician or a dentist in matters of medical assessment; and
(b) insurance contracts, financial services contracts, banking services contracts or legal services contracts; and
(4) authorizations for out-of-court settlements, with or without consideration, discharges from any personal right, and any act, document or writing relating to those discharges.
The secretary of the Conseil du trésor or the administrative director general is authorized to sign endorsements or amending contracts for the purpose of adding a supplement to a services contract signed by the delegatee referred to in the first paragraph.