12.32.1.1. For the purposes of subparagraph f of paragraph 1 of section 12.30 and the third paragraph of section 12.32.1,(1) “public transit authorities” means public bodies providing public transport determined by the Government among those referred to in section 88.7 of the Transport Act (chapter T-12) that are in a given area where the fuel tax increase concerned is collected;
(2) “given area” means an area subject to a tax increase, within the meaning of section 1 of the Fuel Tax Act (chapter T-1), excluding the area of jurisdiction of the Agence métropolitaine de transport, or, if applicable, part of an area subject to a tax increase if that area has been divided by the Government following consultations with the regional county municipalities, the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec and the local municipalities whose territories are not included in that of a regional county municipality or of the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec in that area.