18. The Director of the Direction du transport maritime, aérien et ferroviaire, the Head of the Service du transport ferroviaire, the Director of the Direction du transport routier des marchandises, the Director of the Direction de l’environnement et de la recherche, the Head of the Service de la coordination de la recherche et de l’innovation and, for the purposes of accomplishing the mandate of the administrative unit for which they are responsible, a territorial director and a service head within a territorial directorate are authorized to sign(1) any agreement for the purpose of executing a decision granting an application referred to in section 17;
(2) any agreement with a railway corporation for the purposes of the Act respecting roads (chapter V-9) or the Act to ensure safety in guided land transport (chapter S-3.3); and
(3) any agreement pertaining to the installation and maintenance of the equipment necessary for supplying telecommunications services and energy transportation and distribution services, except an agreement pertaining to the installation of equipment or material within the right-of-way of a highway.
The Director of the Direction des contrats et des ressources matérielles, the Head of the Service du soutien aux occupants and the Head of the Service des acquisitions are authorized to sign the agreements referred to in subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph.
O.C. 701-94, s. 18; O.C. 1524-96, s. 9; O.C. 38-2002, s. 19; O.C. 745-2011, s. 5; O.C. 429-2013, s. 21.