524. No existing school board may, from the establishment of a provisional council, validly contract an obligation extending beyond 30 June in the year following the year of the coming into force of the territorial division order or having effect after that date, except with the authorization of the provisional council of the new school board. Nor may an existing school board fill a vacancy in a position that must be held by a personnel member who is not represented by a certified association within the meaning of the Labour Code (chapter C-27) otherwise than by way of a provisional appointment or assignment.
During the period contemplated in the first paragraph, every existing school board must, in each case where it is required to obtain the authorization of the Minister of Education, forward to the provisional council of the new school board a copy of the application regarding which the provisional council may make any recommendation it deems expedient to the Minister relating to the matter.
This section does not apply to a loan in respect of which a subsidy is granted by the Minister pursuant to section 476.
1988, c. 84, s. 524; 1993, c. 51, s. 72; 1994, c. 16, s. 50; 1997, c. 47, s. 41, s. 52; 1997, c. 96, s. 160.