346. Where a registrant (in this division referred to as an “operator”) is a participant in a joint venture, other than a partnership, under an agreement, evidenced in writing, with another person (in this division referred to as a “co-venturer”) for the exploration or exploitation of mineral deposits or for a prescribed activity, and the operator and the co-venturer jointly make an election under this section, the following rules apply:(1) all properties and services that are, during the period the election is in effect, supplied, acquired or brought into Québec under the agreement by the operator on behalf of the co-venturer in the course of the activities for which the agreement was entered into are deemed to be supplied, acquired or brought into Québec, as the case may be, by the operator and not by the co-venturer;
(2) sections 41.0.1 to 41.6 do not apply in respect of a supply referred to in paragraph 1; and
(3) all supplies of property or services made, during the period the election is in effect, under the agreement by the operator to the co-venturer are deemed not to be supplies to the extent that the property or services are, but for this division, acquired by the co-venturer for consumption, use or supply in the course of commercial activities for which the agreement was entered into.