C-65.1, r. 9 - Architects' Fees (Services to Government) Regulation

Section 33 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

33. The hiring of a firm by the client shall be embodied in a contract containing inter alia:

(1)  a clause to the effect that the firm agrees to respect the procedures for applying the policy of Québec purchasing;

(2)  a clause forbidding the total or partial transfer of the contract without the written consent of the client;

(3)  a clause setting the client’s limit of financial liability;

(4)  a clause providing for the drawing up of timetable of the steps for the carrying out and approval of the work, which shall be determined jointly between the parties, and shall be of the essence of the contract;

(5)  a specific clause concerning tasks or works charged by the hour, stating that the client may inspect and verify the time registers and the accounts of expenditures of the firm at any time convenient to the parties, and that the firm must facilitate such inspections or verifications.

O.C. 2402-84, s. 33; O.C. 196-2023.