1In this Act
“Branch” means the Central Purchasing Branch established under section 2;(Direction)
“department” means
(ministère)
(a)
any department of the government of the Province,
(b)
any other portion of the public service, other than a government funded body, and
(c)
any other body or office, other than a government funded body, whose operation is effected through money appropriated for the purpose and paid out of the Consolidated Fund
prescribed by regulation;
“electronic bulletin board” means an electronic bulletin board prescribed by regulation;(babillard électronique)
“emergency” Repealed: 1995, c.44, s.1
“government funded body” means any body corporate, corporation, municipality, rural community, university, board, commission and body prescribed by regulation;(organisme financé par le gouvernement)
“Minister” means the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure and includes a person designated under section 1.1 to act on the Minister’s behalf;(Ministre)
“public advertisement” means an advertisement in a newspaper or on one or more electronic bulletin boards;(annonce publique)
“services” means services required by a department or a government funded body for the transaction of its business and affairs;(services)
“supplies” means goods, wares and merchandise required by a department or a government funded body for the transaction of its business and affairs, and includes all furnishings, whether fixtures or otherwise, all equipment and all stationery and includes services that are furnished incidental to the supply of such goods, wares and merchandise;(approvisionnements)
“vendor” means a person carrying on the business of providing services or selling supplies to a department or government funded body.(vendeur)
1975, c.48, s.1; 1984, c.57, s.1; 1994, c.37, s.1; 1995, c.44, s.1; 2005, c.7, s.67; 2010, c.31, s.112