4. The award or promise of grant does not require the authorization prescribed in section 3 in the following cases:(a) where a legislative provision establishes the amount thereof;
(b) where it is made in accordance with standards approved by the Government or the Conseil du trésor, and where it does not exceed the unappropriated balance of the amount of the account of the budgetary program to which it is charged.
Notwithstanding subparagraph b of the first paragraph, the awarding or promise of a grant shall be approved in accordance with section 3 in either of the following cases:(a) where a grant of more than $100,000 is awarded or promised to a profit-oriented organization that has more than 100 employees and where the standards approved do not include the obligation to implement an affirmative action program that complies with the Charter of human rights and freedoms (chapter C-12); or
(b) (paragraph revoked);
(c) where a grant, intended for the carrying out of construction work of $100,000 or more, is awarded or promised, except to a public body within the meaning of section 4 of the Act respecting contracting by public bodies (chapter C-65.1), and where the standards approved do not include the obligation to make a public call for tenders for awarding the contract, unless the standards expressly provide that the obligation to make a public call for tenders does not apply.