BODIES DEEMED PUBLIC BODIES
(1) The Government, the Conseil exécutif, the Conseil du trésor, the government departments and the governmental bodies not contemplated in paragraphs 3 to 7 to which the Government or a minister appoints at least the majority of their members, to which by law the public servants or employees are appointed or remunerated in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1) or whose capital stock is part of the public domain;
(2) The Lieutenant-Governor, the National Assembly and any person designated by the latter to perform duties under its jurisdiction or any body whose members are appointed by the National Assembly;
(3) The courts, the coroners and the investigation commissioners;
(4) The Communauté urbaine de Montréal, the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté urbaine de l’Outaouais, the bodies and agencies established by the Acts incorporating the Communities, a municipality whether incorporated by a general law or special Act, a county municipality, a regional county municipality and any body constituted as an agency of any of the municipalities or otherwise coming under their authority, and the Kativik Regional Government;
(5) Municipal and intermunicipal transport corporations;
(6) School boards, the Conseil scolaire de l’île de Montréal, general and vocational colleges, universities, institutions whose instructional program is the subject of an international agreement within the meaning of the Act respecting the Ministère des Affaires internationales, de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (chapter M-21.1), institutions accredited for purposes of subsidies under the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1) and any other educational institution not less than one-half of whose operating costs are paid out of appropriations appearing in the estimates tabled in the National Assembly;
(6.1) Public institutions governed by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2), private institutions under agreement referred to in section 475 of the said Act which operate a local community service centre, a hospital centre, a residential and long-term care centre or a rehabilitation centre, the regional boards established under the said Act and the Corporation d’hébergement du Québec referred to in section 471 of the said Act;
(7) Public health or social services institutions contemplated in sections 10 and 11 of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5), regional health and social service councils established under the said Act, hospital centres and reception centres which are private institutions under agreement within the meaning of the said Act.