Decree respecting the automotive services industry in the Montréal region

(1) The Decree applies to the following work:

(a) repairing, altering or inspecting a vehicle, its parts or accessories;

(b) restoring, overhauling, repairing, retooling, or any other work of the same type performed on vehicle parts, accessories or tires, as well as their installation on that vehicle;

(c) completely or partially dismantling a vehicle;

(d) selling gasoline, lubricants or any other similar products used for a vehicle where, in the establishment where such work is performed, work specified in paragraphs a, b, c, f or g is also performed;

(e)  washing, waxing or cleaning a vehicle where, in the establishment where such work is performed, work mentioned in paragraphs a, b, c, f or g is also performed;

(f) distributing or selling vehicle parts, accessories or tires to garages, service stations, parts shops, new or used car dealers or to any establishment whose activities are governed by the Decree;

(g) distributing or selling vehicle parts, accessories or tires by an establishment specified in paragraph f when performing work governed by the Decree;

(h) delivering vehicle parts, accessories or tires where, in the establishment where such work is performed, other work governed by the Decree is also performed.

(2) Exclusions: The Decree does not apply to:

(a) work specified in subsection 1 when done exclusively for the employer’s own service or own needs or when done exclusively on farm machinery;

(b) work specified in subsection 1 performed on a vehicle leased for 12 months or less if the economic activity of the establishment where the work is performed consists solely in leasing motor vehicles; however, that work is governed by this Decree, when performed on a vehicle leased for more than 12 months;

(c) vulcanizing and retreading;

(d) the sale of vehicle parts, accessories or tires to parts shops or to wholesalers carried out:

i. in a warehouse or in a distribution centre;

ii. in a warehouse only, where the establishment of the employer utilizes it, at a same time, as a parts warehouse and as a parts shop.

This Decree applies to employees and employers exercising their trade or having their establishment on the territory of the following municipalities: Baie-d’Urfé, Beaconsfield, Boucherville, Brossard, Candiac, Châteauguay, Côte-Saint-Luc, Delson, Dollard-des Ormeaux, Dorval, Hampstead, L’Île Dorval, L’Île Perrot, Kirkland, La Prairie, Laval, Longueuil, Montréal, Montréal-Est, Montréal-Ouest, Mont-Royal, Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot, Pincourt, Pointe-Claire, Saint-Constant, Saint-Lambert, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Sainte-Catherine, Senneville, Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Varennes, Vaudreuil-Dorion and Westmount.