21.5. A regional conference of elected officers is hereby established for each administrative region of Québec.
However, for the Montérégie administrative region, three regional conferences of elected officers are hereby established, more specifically one for the urban agglomeration of Longueuil described in section 6 of the Act respecting the exercise of certain municipal powers in certain urban agglomerations (chapter E-20.001), one for the territories of the regional county municipalities of Beauharnois-Salaberry, Haut-Saint-Laurent, Jardins-de-Napierville, Roussillon and Vaudreuil-Soulanges, and one for the territories of the regional county municipalities of Acton, Brome-Missisquoi, La Haute-Yamaska, La-Vallée-du-Richelieu, Lajemmerais, Bas-Richelieu, Haut-Richelieu, Maskoutains and Rouville. For the Nord-du-Québec administrative region, a regional conference of elected officers is hereby established for the territory of the Municipalité de Baie-James and the territories of the cities of Chapais, Chibougamau, Lebel-sur-Quévillon and Matagami, while the Kativik Regional Government and the Cree Regional Authority are deemed to act as the regional conference of elected officers for their respective communities.
A regional conference of elected officers is a legal person.