2. Assistant Deputy Ministers and Associate Deputy Ministers are authorized to sign, for their sectors of activity,(1) services contracts entered into with natural persons, except those related to information technologies;
(2) calls for tenders and contracts for professional services, except those related to information technologies;
(3) calls for tenders and contracts for auxiliary services, except those related to information technologies;
(4) supply contracts (calls for tenders, local orders, requisitions for goods and delivery), except those related to information technologies;
(5) contracts for the leasing or chartering of equipment, vehicles or aircraft;
(6) contracts for the repair of machinery or equipment, except those related to information technologies;
(7) promise and grants of subsidies subject to standards and eligibility criteria approved by the Government or the Conseil du trésor, except those concerning the Act respecting childcare centres and childcare services (chapter C-8.2);
(8) grants of subsidies not subject to standards for less than $10,000; and
(9) agreements with any person, association, partnership or body under section 10 of the Act respecting the Ministère de la Famille et de l’Enfance (chapter M-17.2).