1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“buying group” means a group purchasing organization that obtains best pricing from prospective suppliers based on volume for its members.(consortium d’achat)
“goods” means moveable property, including the costs of installing, operating, maintaining or manufacturing that moveable property, and includes raw materials, products, equipment and other physical objects of every kind and description whether in solid, liquid, gaseous or electronic form, unless they are procured as part of a general construction contract.(biens)
“Minister” means,
(ministre)
(a)
for the purposes of sections 3, 8, 17, 18 and 26, the member of the Executive Council designated by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to administer this Act and does not include any person designated by the member to act on the member’s behalf for the purposes of this Act, and
(b)
for the purposes of the other provisions of this Act, the member of the Executive Council designated by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to administer this Act and includes any person designated by the member to act on the member’s behalf for the purposes of this Act.
“public body” includes a public body as defined in the Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, but does not include a Schedule A entity or a Schedule B entity.(organisme public)
“procurement” means the process that normally leads to an agreement to purchase, rent or lease goods and services.(démarches)
“Schedule A entity” means an entity that is prescribed by regulation as a Schedule A entity. (entité de l’annexe A)
“Schedule B entity” means an entity that is prescribed by regulation as a Schedule B entity. (entité de l’annexe B)
“services” means all services, including printing.(services)