160. Section 21.5 of the Hydro-Québec Act, section 48 of the Act respecting Investissement Québec and La Financière du Québec, sections 20 and 23.0.18 of the Act respecting the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec, section 60 of the Act respecting the Société des alcools du Québec, section 24 of the Act respecting the Société des loteries du Québec, section 15.3 of the Act respecting the Société générale de financement du Québec and section 48 of the Act respecting the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, respectively enacted by sections 65, 84, 104, 107, 117, 126, 138 and 142 of this Act, apply, as regards joint auditing requirements, to fiscal years ending in or after the year 2010.
However, the Government may determine that an enterprise referred to in section 2 of this Act, Hydro-Québec or the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is subject, as of any date between 14 December 2006 and 1 January 2010, to the provisions referred to in the first paragraph that are applicable to it.