1. This Act applies to the negotiation and making of a collective agreement within the meaning of the Labour Code (chapter C-27) between an association of employees within the meaning of the said Code and a school board, a college and an institution. It also applies to the government agencies listed in Schedule C to the extent provided for in Chapter IV and to the public service to the extent provided for in Chapter V.
A school board includes a school board within the meaning of the Education Act (chapter I-13.3) or, subject to section 35, within the meaning of the Education Act for Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native Persons (chapter I-14) and any other similar body designated by the Government for the application of this Act.
A college means a college within the meaning of the General and Vocational Colleges Act (chapter C-29).
An institution includes a regional board, a public institution within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2), a private institution under agreement within the meaning of the said Act, except a private institution referred to in the second paragraph of section 551 thereof, and every body which provides services to an institution or to users in accordance with the said Act and declared by the Government to be classified, for the application of this Act, as an institution within the meaning of that Act.
An institution also includes a health and social services council, a public institution within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5) and a private institution under agreement within the meaning of that Act.
1985, c. 12, s. 1; 1988, c. 84, s. 667; 1992, c. 21, s. 289, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 23; 2001, c. 24, s. 110.