31. Notwithstanding any general law or special act, the Board shall have exclusive jurisdiction to decide, throughout the territory of Québec, the location and conditions for connecting the installations necessary for the operation of a public service.
The Board, in all cases where its decision might derogate from a zoning by-law, shall, before making its decision, call before it the municipality or any other person concerned to make representations to it.
The Board, before rendering a decision that may modify the assignment or the use of an immoveable situated in a reserved area or in an agricultural zone established in accordance with the Act to preserve agricultural land (chapter 41.1), must obtain the advice of the Commission de protection du territoire agricole du Québec.
1972, c. 56, s. 8; 1978, c. 10, s. 108.