2.3.1. This Regulation applies to any new establishment, to any modification, and to any change of occupancy of an existing establishment. It also applies to any new installation and equipment in an existing establishment.
However, sections 3.2.1, 3.2.4, 5.2.2 and 5.2.3 and Division IV apply only to establishments built before 1 December 1976 or whose construction began before the said date.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. S-2.1, r. 9, s. 2.3.1.