209. Unless the context indicates otherwise, in any document other than an Act or a regulation, including in any order, order in council, policy, budget rule, permit, certificate, proclamation, administrative document, judicial pleading or contract,(1) a reference to the Minister or Deputy Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports or the Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport, or to the Minister or Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade or the Ministère du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation is, if the matter is under the responsibility of the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, a reference to the Minister or Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology or the Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche, de la Science et de la Technologie; and
(2) a reference to the Act respecting the Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (chapter M-15) or the Act respecting the Ministère du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation (chapter M-30.01), or to any of their provisions, concerning a matter within the jurisdiction of the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology is a reference to this Act or to the corresponding provision of this Act.