1. In this act, unless the context indicates otherwise,(a) “Commission” means the Commission de la fonction publique established under section 19;
(b) “collective agreement” means a collective agreement within the meaning of the Labour Code (chapter C-27);
(c) “chief executive officer of an agency” means the person entrusted by law, with regard to his staff or the staff of an agency, with the powers of the chief executive officer of an agency, or, if such is not the case, the person exercising the highest authority in the agency;
(d) “civil servant” means a member of the civil service staff other than a deputy minister;
(e) “incumbent minister” means a minister in charge of a department, a minister of state, a minister-delegate and the President of the National Assembly;
(f) “Office” means the Office du recrutement et de la sélection du personnel de la fonction publique established under section 41;
(g) “agency” means an agency required by law to have its civil servants appointed and remunerated in accordance with this act;
(h) “deputy minister” means:i. the Secretary General of the Conseil exécutif;
ii. the Secretary General of the National Assembly;
iii. the executive secretary of the Prime Minister;
iv. the secretary of the Conseil du trésor;
v. the deputy minister of each department;
vi. the associate deputy ministers of the Ministère de l’Éducation;
vii. the associate secretaries-general of the Conseil exécutif who under their deed of appointment have the rank and privileges of a deputy minister.