7.10. For the purposes of this Part and the regulations, an arrangement (other than a partnership, a qualifying arrangement or an arrangement that is a trust determined without reference to this section) is deemed to be a trust and property subject to rights and obligations under the arrangement is, if the arrangement is deemed by this section to be a trust, deemed to be held in trust and not otherwise, if the arrangement(a) is established before 31 October 2003 under a written contract that is governed by the laws of Québec and provides that, for the purposes of this Part and the regulations, the arrangement must be considered to be a trust; and
(b) creates rights and obligations that are substantially similar to the rights and obligations under a trust (determined without reference to this section and sections 7.9, 7.10.1 and 7.11).