2. For the purposes of this Act, the following are public bodies:(1) government departments, as well as bodies and persons appointed or designated by the Government or a minister and whose personnel is appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1); (2) school service centres governed by the Education Act (chapter I-13.3), school boards governed by the Education Act for Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native Persons (chapter I-14) and the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l’île de Montréal; (3) general and vocational colleges established under the General and Vocational Colleges Act (chapter C-29); (4) the Université du Québec and its constituent universities, research institutes and superior schools within the meaning of the Act respecting the Université du Québec (chapter U-1); (5) health and social services agencies, public institutions and private institutions under agreement governed by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2), as well as the regional council established under the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5); (6) budget-funded bodies and bodies other than budget-funded bodies listed respectively in Schedules 1 and 2 to the Financial Administration Act (chapter A-6.001), including the persons listed in those schedules; (7) government enterprises listed in Schedule 3 to the Financial Administration Act; and
(8) any other entity designated by the Government.