9. Under the direction of the Minister, the deputy minister shall supervise the other functionaries and employees of the department and administer the day-to-day business thereof and exercise such other powers as are assigned to him by the Government. He shall have the powers conferred on the Minister by sections 3, 4 and 5.
Under the authority of the Minister and the deputy minister, and having regard to the coordination established in the department, one of the associate deputy ministers shall be responsible for the carrying out of laws respecting the incorporation, operation, inspection and winding-up of the cooperatives doing business in Québec.
The associate deputy ministers shall also exercise the powers of the deputy minister in such classes of matters as the Minister determines.