(A) The civil administration
The following are agencies of the civil administration:
(1) the Government and government departments;
(2) government bodies:
(a) bodies whose personnel is appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1); (b) bodies to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members or directors;
(c) bodies to which the National Assembly appoints the majority of the members;
(d) government agencies listed in Schedule C to the Act respecting the process of negotiation of the collective agreements in the public and parapublic sectors (chapter R-8.2), including the persons listed in that schedule, except the Public Protector; (e) budget-funded bodies, bodies other than budget-funded bodies and government enterprises listed in Schedules 1 to 3 to the Financial Administration Act (chapter A-6.001), including the persons listed in those schedules, as well as bodies whose capital forms part of the domain of the State, and legal persons and other groups whose results are consolidated in the financial statements of those bodies and enterprises or at least half of whose capital stock is derived from the Consolidated Revenue Fund; and (f) inquiry commissions established under the Act respecting public inquiry commissions (chapter C-37); (3) municipal bodies:
(a) municipalities, except municipalities governed by the Cree Villages and the Naskapi Village Act (chapter V-5.1) or by the Act respecting Northern villages and the Kativik Regional Government (chapter V-6.1), municipal boroughs considered municipalities, metropolitan communities, urban agglomeration councils, intermunicipal boards and municipal and regional housing bureaus; (b) bodies under the authority of a municipality and taking part in the administration of its territory; and
(c) public transit authorities, the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain and any other operator of a shared transportation system as well as any other body that provides, in particular, shared transportation planning;
(4) school bodies:
(a) school service centres established under the Education Act (chapter I-13.3); (b) the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l’île de Montréal established under that Act; and
(c) the Centre de services scolaire du Littoral established by the Act respecting the Commission scolaire du Littoral (1966-1967, chapter 125);
(5) bodies in the health and social services network:
(a) health services and social services:
i. institutions within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2); and ii. institutions within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5); (b) the health and social services network insurance manager referred to in section 435.1 of the Act respecting health services and social services; and
(c) the health communication centres referred to in the Act respecting pre-hospital emergency services (chapter S-6.2). The following parliamentary institutions are considered agencies of the civil administration:
(a) the National Assembly, in the exercise of activities other than those necessary for its deliberative function or for the exercise of its legislative power and of its oversight power; and
(b) persons designated by the National Assembly to an office under its authority, with the personnel directed by them.
Despite the preceding paragraphs, the civil administration does not include an educational institution that is a government body when it gives instruction or the Université du Québec.
(B) Semipublic agencies
Semipublic agencies include:
(1) public utility enterprises, if they do not already belong to the civil administration, telephone and cable-delivery enterprises, air, ship, bus and rail transport enterprises, enterprises that produce, transport, distribute or sell gas, water or electricity, and enterprises holding authorizations from the Commission des transports; and
(2) professional orders listed in Schedule I to the Professional Code (chapter C-26) or established in accordance with that Code.