26. This framework policy comes into force on March 17, 2010.
27. However, a project does not come under this framework policy if on November 5, 2008, it met at least one of the following conditions:
1° The preliminary plans and specifications had already been initiated.
2° The Conseil du trésor or Cabinet had already evaluated the budgetary or financial implications.
28. Any project that initially did not meet one of the criteria for a major project set out in Section 60 of the Act respecting Infrastructure Québec, but did meet it after drawing up the functional and technical program (FTP) or the opportunity studies, is deemed to be subject to this framework policy and must be submitted to Cabinet in the form of an initial business case.
29. Any project that has already been approved under the Framework Policy for the Governance of Major Infrastructure Projects, adopted on November 5, 2008, is to be carried out according to the provisions of this policy.
30. The 5% rule regarding cost overruns specified in Section 22 applies to any project whose construction is underway when this framework policy enters into force and for which a final business case has not been prepared. The calculation is in this case based on either the budget approved by the minister responsible for the public body and the Conseil du trésor or on the public funding indicated in the PPP agreement.