3. The approval of the Minister is required for any leasing of an immovable by an agency.
In addition, before authorizing a public institution to carry out its leasing project under section 263 of the Act, the agency concerned shall obtain the approval of the Minister(1) where the term of the lease sought exceeds 10 years;
(2) where, owing to exceptional circumstances or special needs of the public institution, the model contract forms, standards for alloting space or other standard documents in the Guide de gestion cannot be used to enter into the immovable leasing contract, except where the contract is a lease between 2 institutions, a lease between an institution and the Société québécoise des infrastructures, a lease between an institution and a public or parapublic body or a residential lease;
(3) where the public institution already occupies premises in a public or parapublic immovable and proposes to relocate elsewhere than in a public or parapublic immovable; or
(4) where the leasing project results from the development of the institution’s activities and involves an increase in the main area that requires extending the premises already leased, the leasing of additional premises or the leasing of larger premises in another immovable.