14.5. The rules governing the awarding of contracts by a municipality apply to a joint purchase to which it is a party. The total amount of a contract pertaining to such a purchase and the combined population of the municipalities that are parties to the agreement must be taken into consideration for the purposes of the application of those rules.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Greater Montréal may exempt the municipalities that are parties to an agreement concerning a purchase, made jointly with a public institution referred to in section 7, a school board or an educational institution, from the application of all or some of the rules.
1985, c. 27, s. 40; 1992, c. 21, s. 135, s. 375; 1994, c. 33, s. 24; 1996, c. 2, s. 455; 1999, c. 43, s. 13.