435.3. All the public institutions served by a joint procurement group are members of that group. The same applies to a private institution under agreement to which a group provides services in accordance with the orientations determined by the Minister.
The composition of a group’s board of directors shall be determined in the group’s constituting act. The board must be composed in the majority of members from the institutions served by the group. The group’s executive director shall be appointed by the Minister following a selection process initiated by the Minister, including an invitation for applications held as determined by the Minister.
Sections 260 to 265, 278 to 280, 282, 289 to 292, 294 to 297, 316, 436, 468, 469, 485, 486, 489, 499 and 500 apply, with the necessary modifications, to a group. The Minister shall exercise the responsibilities assigned to an agency by those sections.
The auditor appointed by the group under section 290 must, for the fiscal year for which he was appointed, audit the group’s financial report and carry out the other components of his mandate that are determined by the group or the Minister.
2017, c. 212017, c. 21, s. 501.