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2.00 Jurisdiction

22 July, 2025

2.01. Territorial scope: The Decree applies within the boundaries of the municipalities mentioned in Schedule I.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. D-2, r. 40, s. 2.01; O.C. 1381-99, s.2.

2.02. Industrial scope: The Decree applies to all maintenance work performed for others.

For the purposes of the fi rst paragraph, maintenance work performed for others also includes maintenance work performed:

(1) by the employee of the employer or administrator of a public building for the tenants of that building in the rented premises and in the common areas for tenants;

(2) under the direction of a person who is not in the employ of the tenant of a space, or of the owner or administrator of the public building.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. D-2, r. 40, s. 2.02; O.C. 592-89, s. 2; O.C. 1381-99, s. 3.

2.03. Exclusions: The Decree does not apply to:

(1) maintenance work performed in the rooms of a hotel or motel;

(2) a self-employed worker doing business alone who contracts directly with the owner, tenant or administrator of a public building and who carries out by himself or with his spouse, or the children of either one who live with them, maintenance work in public buildings for his own benefit;

(3) maintenance work performed by an employee of the Québec or Canadian government or the employee of a municipality in the rented premises and common areas for the tenants of a public building of which one of those bodies is the owner;

(4) maintenance work performed by an employee of one of the following organizations, owner of a public building, for the tenants of that building in the rented premises et common areas for the tenants of that building: a school board, a college instituted under the General and Vocational Colleges Act (chapter C-29), an education institution at the university level within the meaning of the Act respecting educational institutions at the university level (chapter E-14.1), an establishment within the meaning of section 94 of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2), an association of employees within the meaning of the Labour Code (chapter C-27) and a non-profi t social and community organization;

(5) maintenance work performed by an employee of one of the cooperatives and of one of the non-profi t organizations mentioned hereafter, owner of a public building, for the tenants of that building in the rented premises and the common areas for the tenants of that public building: a day-care centre, a stop-over centre, a kindergarten and a childcare centre within the meaning of the Act respecting childcare centres and other childcare services (chapter C-8.2);

(6) maintenance work performed by an employee of a housing bureau, constituted under section 57 of the Act respecting the Société d’habitation du Québec (chapter S-8), that manages a public building owned by the Société d’habitation du Québec;

(7) maintenance work performed by an employee of an owner of a private seniors’ residence.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. D-2, r. 40, s. 2.03; O.C. 592-89, s. 3; O.C. 1808-92, s. 3; O.C. 887-95, s. 1; O.C. 99-96, s. 1; O.C. 1381-99, s. 4; O.C. 1190-2013, s. 2; O.C. 964-2014, s. 2.

Consult the decret