5. The Deputy Minister and, within the limits of their duties, the Assistant Deputy Minister for preschool, elementary and secondary education and the Assistant Deputy Minister for private education, are each authorized to exercise, in the place of the Minister, the following powers and duties:(1) allowing, subject to the conditions determined by the Minister, a school to replace a program of studies established by him by a local program of studies designed for a student or a category of students who are unable to benefit from the programs of studies established by the Minister and approving such program, in accordance with the third paragraph of section 222.1 of the Education Act (chapter I-13.3) or the second paragraph of section 32 of the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1);
(2) exempting, on the conditions he determines, any student or category of students he determines from the application of certain rules of certification of studies or of prior learning, in accordance with section 460 of the Education Act or in accordance with the first paragraph of section 30 of the Act respecting private education.