2. For the purposes of this Act, the following are public bodies:(1) government departments;
(2) bodies and persons appointed or designated by the Government or a minister whose personnel is appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1); (3) budget-funded bodies and bodies other than budget-funded bodies respectively listed in Schedules 1 and 2 to the Financial Administration Act (chapter A-6.001), including the persons listed in those schedules; (4) government enterprises listed in Schedule 3 to the Financial Administration Act as well as the Commission de la construction du Québec and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec;
(5) school boards governed by the Education Act (chapter I-13.3) or the Education Act for Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native Persons (chapter I-14), the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l’île de Montréal, and general and vocational colleges established by the General and Vocational Colleges Act (chapter C-29); (6) university-level educational institutions listed in paragraphs 1 to 11 of section 1 of the Act respecting educational institutions at the university level (chapter E‑14.1); (7) public institutions and private institutions under agreement within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) as well as the regional council established under the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5); (8) persons appointed or designated by the National Assembly to an office under its jurisdiction, together with the personnel directed by them;
(9) childcare centres, day care centres benefiting from subsidized childcare spaces and home childcare coordinating offices governed by the Educational Childcare Act (chapter S-4.1.1); and (10) any other entity designated by the Government.