21. No public agency shall, on pain of nullity, without prior approval of the Government, enter into agreements with another government in Canada, a foreign government or with a department or agency of any such government.
The requirement of the first paragraph applies also to a corporation or agency to which a public agency appoints the majority of the members or contributes over one-half of the financing.
The Minister, in agreement with the Minister who is responsible for the public agency or who grants the subsidy shall see to the negotiation of the intended agreements.
In this section, “public agency” means a corporation or agency, not contemplated in section 20, to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the officers or employees are appointed or remunerated in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1) or more than half of whose resources are derived from the consolidated revenue fund.
1974, c. 15, s. 21; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1981, c. 23, s. 34; 1983, c. 55, s. 161.