1079.8.18. A contractor must, at any time in the period that begins on the date a bid for a construction contract referred to in section 1079.8.17 with a subcontractor is submitted and ends on the seventh day after the date the construction work arising from the contract begins, obtain from the subcontractor a copy of a Revenu Québec certificate referred to in section 1079.8.17, ensure that it is valid and, not later than the tenth day after the date the work begins, verify its authenticity with Revenu Québec in the prescribed manner.
For the purposes of the first paragraph, if the contractor has already obtained from the subcontractor a copy of a Revenu Québec certificate that is valid at the time referred to in the first paragraph, and has ensured that it is valid and verified its authenticity in accordance with that paragraph because the certificate applies in respect of another construction contract they have entered into, the contractor is deemed, at that time, to have obtained a copy of that certificate, ensured that it was valid and verified its authenticity in accordance with the first paragraph.