3. This Regulation does not apply, in respect of accreditation, to government departments, agencies or mandataries or to the bodies listed in the Schedule to the Act. Legal persons and partnerships in which a government department or body holds stocks, shares or assets are also exempted from its application.
In addition, this Regulation does not apply, in respect of accreditation, to publishers governed by the Regulation respecting the accreditation of publishers in Québec (chapter D-8.1, r. 3) who distribute their production themselves, if the accredited publishers fully comply at all times with the requirements of this Regulation and the Regulation respecting the acquisition of books by certain persons from accredited brookstores (chapter D-8.1, r. 1).
Notwithstanding the above, this Regulation applies to a publisher who distributes the production of another publisher in addition to his own.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. D-8.1, r. 2, s. 3; O.C. 350-98, s. 1.