Regulations and obligations

Most laws and regulations are hosted on the website Légis Québec This link will open in a new window of Publications du Québec, with the exception of Securities and Derivatives regulations.

Legislation administered by the Authority

In addition to its powers and responsibilities under the Act respecting the Regulation of the Financial Sector This link will open in a new window (chapter E-6.1), the AMF oversees the enforcement of the following legislation:

Credit Assessment Agents Act This link will open in a new window (chapter A-8.2)
Automobile Insurance Act This link will open in a new window (Title VII) (chapter A-25)
Insurers Act This link will open in a new window (chapter A-32.1)
An Act respecting financial services cooperatives This link will open in a new window (chapter C-67.3)
An Act respecting the distribution of financial products and services This link will open in a new window (chapter D-9.2)
Deposit Institutions and Deposit Protection Act This link will open in a new window (chapter I-13.2.2)

Derivatives Act This link will open in a new window (chapter I-14.01)
An Act respecting transparency measures in the mining, oil and gas industries This link will open in a new window (chapter M-11.5)
An Act respecting the Mouvement Desjardins This link will open in a new window (S.Q. 2000, c. 77) - REPEALED on June 13, 2018 (S.Q. 2018, c. 23, s. 804)
Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans Act This link will open in a new window (chapter R-17.0.1)
Trust companies and savings companies Act This link will open in a new window (chapter S-29.02)
Securities Act This link will open in a new window (chapter V-1.1)

All of these laws, as well as the related regulations and policy statements, can be viewed on this website, in PDF format. To facilitate viewing these documents, this section has been divided into five industry areas, each including the legislation specifically applicable to the area in question.

References

An Act mainly to improve the regulation of the financial sector, the protection of deposits of money and the operation of financial institutions (2018, chapter 23) – Bill 141 This link will open in a new window
Order in Council 1474-2018 (pdf - 248 KB)This link will open in a new windowUpdated on December 28, 2018 - Regulation respecting certain transitional measures for the carrying out of the Act mainly to improve the regulation of the financial sector, the protection of deposits of money and the operation of financial institutions
Order in Council 553-2019 (pdf - 80 KB)This link will open in a new windowUpdated on June 6, 2019 - Regulation to amend the Regulation respecting certain transitional measures for the carrying out of the Act mainly to improve the regulation of the financial sector, the protection of deposits of money and the operation of financial institutions