S-32.1 - Act respecting the professional status of artists in the visual arts, film, the recording arts, literature, arts and crafts and the performing arts

Section 2 Disposition versions

2022-06-03

2. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning,

“arts and crafts” means the production of original works which are unique or in multiple copies, intended for a utilitarian, decorative or expressive purpose and conveyed by the practice of a craft related to the working of wood, leather, textiles, metals, silicates or any other material;

“film” means a work produced with the use of technical means resulting in a cinematographic effect, regardless of the medium, and includes a video;

“literature” means the creation and the translation of original literary works such as novels, stories, short stories, dramatic works, poetry, essays or any other written works of the same nature;

“presentation” means the sale, lending, lease, exchange, deposit, exhibition, publishing, public presentation, publication or any other use of the works of artists in the fields of the visual arts, arts and crafts and literature;

“presenter” means any person, body or partnership that, as a primary or secondary activity, operates a presentation enterprise, for profit or not, in the fields of the visual arts, arts and crafts and literature and enters into contracts with artists;

“producer” means a person or partnership who or which retains the services of artists in view of producing or presenting to the public an artistic work in a field of endeavour contemplated in the first paragraph of section 1;

“Tribunal” means the Administrative Labour Tribunal;

“visual arts” means the production of original works of research or expression, which are unique or in limited copies and are conveyed by painting, sculpture, engraving, drawing, illustration, photography, textile arts, installation work, performance, art video, digital arts or any other form of expression of the same nature;

For the purposes of Chapters II, III, III.1, III.2, IV, IV.1, IV.2 and V, “producer” refers to a “presenter” within the meaning of this section when the provision is applied in the fields of the visual arts, arts and crafts and literature.

1987, c. 72, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 310; 2009, c. 32, s. 2; 2015, c. 15, s. 225; 2022, c. 20, s. 4.

2016-01-01

2. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning,

“film” means a work produced with the use of technical means resulting in a cinematographic effect, regardless of the medium, and includes a video;

“producer” means a person or partnership who or which retains the services of artists in view of producing or presenting to the public an artistic work in a field of endeavour contemplated in section 1;

“Tribunal” means the Administrative Labour Tribunal.

1987, c. 72, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 310; 2009, c. 32, s. 2; 2015, c. 15, s. 225.

2009-07-01

2. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning,

“Commission” means the Commission des relations du travail established by section 112 of the Labour Code (chapter C-27);

“film” means a work produced with the use of technical means resulting in a cinematographic effect, regardless of the medium, and includes a video;

“producer” means a person or partnership who or which retains the services of artists in view of producing or presenting to the public an artistic work in a field of endeavour contemplated in section 1.

1987, c. 72, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 310; 2009, c. 32, s. 2.

1999-10-22

2. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning,

“artist” means any natural person who practises an art on his own account and who offers his services for remuneration, as a creator or performer in any field of artistic endeavour referred to in section 1;

“film” means a work produced with the use of technical means resulting in a cinematographic effect, regardless of the medium, and includes a video;

“producer” means a person or partnership who or which retains the services of artists in view of producing or presenting to the public an artistic work in a field of endeavour contemplated in section 1.

1987, c. 72, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 310.

1988-04-01

2. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning,

“artist” means any natural person who practises an art on his own account and who offers his services for remuneration, as a creator or performer in any field of artistic endeavour referred to in section 1;

“film” means a work produced with the use of technical means resulting in a cinematographic effect, regardless of the medium, and includes a video;

“producer” means a person or company who or which retains the services of artists in view of producing or presenting to the public an artistic work in a field of endeavour contemplated in section 1.

1987, c. 72, s. 2.