The present Act applies to the threatened or vulnerable wildlife and plant species designated under this Act which live in Québec or are imported into Québec. For the purposes of this Act, a subspecies, a geographically isolated population or a strain or variety of wildlife or of plants is considered to be a species. The Minister of the Environment shall propose to the Government a policy of protection and management of designated threatened or vulnerable species or of species likely to be so designated, or of their habitats, coordinate the application of the policy and see to its implementation. The Act consists of 59 articles divided into 8 Parts as follows: Interpretation and scope (I); Powers and duties (II); Designation of threatened or vulnerable species and demarcation of their habitats (III); Activities having an impact on a threatened or vulnerable plant species or its habitat (IV); Inspection, seizure, confiscation and arrest (v); Regulations (VI) Penal provisions (VII); Amending and final provisions (VIII).