2. For the purposes of this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,“Acts concerned” means the Acts mentioned in the first paragraph of section 1 and their regulations;
“authorization” means a permit or licence, authorization, approval, certificate, attestation, accreditation or certification or any other right of a similar nature granted under the Acts concerned as well as its renewal and amendment;
“municipality” means any municipality, the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal, the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec, as well as an intermunicipal management board;
“person” means a natural person, legal person, trust, partnership, cooperative or any other group of persons; and
“shareholder” means a natural person holding, directly or indirectly, shares that carry 20% or more of the voting rights in a legal person that is not a reporting issuer under the Securities Act (chapter V-1.1).