C-11, r. 8.1 - Regulation respecting the language of the civil administration

Section 2 Disposition versions

2023-06-01

2. In a written communication with a legal person established in Québec, an agency of the civil administration may use another language in addition to the official language where the communication is

(1)  addressed only to the head office or an establishment of the legal person, where the head office or establishment is outside Québec;

(2)  addressed to a legal person exempted from the application of the Charter of the French language (chapter C-11) under section 95 of the Charter;

(3)  addressed to an establishment of a legal person constituted and administered exclusively for the purpose of offering services in a reserve, in an establishment or on the lands referred to in section 97 of the Charter of the French language or to a person referred to in that section;

(4)  necessary for implementing measures for cooperation between a competent authority in Québec and that of another State, including the drafting of documents necessary for the application, in Québec, of standards to be harmonized with those of such other State;

(5)  sent by an agency of the civil administration assisting the Minister responsible for ensuring that the concerns of the English-speaking community of Québec are taken into consideration in the performance of that responsibility and the other language is English;

(6)  sent by an agency of the civil administration acting as the legal representative of a natural person with whom it has the option to communicate in another language;

(7)  sent by a school body recognized under section 29.1 of the Charter of the French Language to a legal person that provides educational services in English; or

(8)  necessary to ensure that a communication written only in the official language does not compromise the carrying out of the mission of the agency of the civil administration and the agency has taken all reasonable means to communicate only in the official language.

The first paragraph applies to a written communication of an agency of the civil administration with the operator of an enterprise as if the operator were a legal person and with the necessary modifications.

O.C. 813-2023, s. 2.

Not in force

In force: 2023-06-01

2. In a written communication with a legal person established in Québec, an agency of the civil administration may use another language in addition to the official language where the communication is

(1)  addressed only to the head office or an establishment of the legal person, where the head office or establishment is outside Québec;

(2)  addressed to a legal person exempted from the application of the Charter of the French language (chapter C-11) under section 95 of the Charter;

(3)  addressed to an establishment of a legal person constituted and administered exclusively for the purpose of offering services in a reserve, in an establishment or on the lands referred to in section 97 of the Charter of the French language or to a person referred to in that section;

(4)  necessary for implementing measures for cooperation between a competent authority in Québec and that of another State, including the drafting of documents necessary for the application, in Québec, of standards to be harmonized with those of such other State;

(5)  sent by an agency of the civil administration assisting the Minister responsible for ensuring that the concerns of the English-speaking community of Québec are taken into consideration in the performance of that responsibility and the other language is English;

(6)  sent by an agency of the civil administration acting as the legal representative of a natural person with whom it has the option to communicate in another language;

(7)  sent by a school body recognized under section 29.1 of the Charter of the French Language to a legal person that provides educational services in English; or

(8)  necessary to ensure that a communication written only in the official language does not compromise the carrying out of the mission of the agency of the civil administration and the agency has taken all reasonable means to communicate only in the official language.

The first paragraph applies to a written communication of an agency of the civil administration with the operator of an enterprise as if the operator were a legal person and with the necessary modifications.

O.C. 813-2023, s. 2.