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ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/290/Add.2 
18 April 2011  
 (11-1980) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
 The following communication, dated 6 April 2011, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Canada
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Canada Consumer Product Safety Act
 
 
 The proposed Canada Consumer Product Safety Act  notified in G/TBT/N/CAN/290  
(dated 23 December 2009) received Royal Assent on  15 December 2010 and will come into force on 
20 June 2011.  The intent of the CCPSA is to mode rnize and strengthen product safety laws to further 
protect the health and safety of Canadians.  It w ill also provide an improved regulatory regime which 
aims to continue keeping the Canadian public safe from dangerous  consumer products. 
  Upon coming into force, the CCPSA will replace Part I and Schedule I to the Hazardous 
Products Act  (HPA).  As a result of differences in how the CCPSA and HPA are structured, and to 
avoid any regulatory gaps, existing HPA prohibitions  and regulations needed to be transferred under 
the authority of the CCPSA.  The transfer was done using the Interpretation Act  and the federal 
regulatory process.  The majority of the existing regulations made under the HPA will be transferred 
via the Interpretation Act , but 11 regulations were amended due to one of four reasons (incorporated 
prohibited Items into amended regul ations; incorporated prohibited Items into regulations that would 
repeal and replace existing regulations; prescribed pr ohibited Items in new re gulations; and continued 
the requirements and prohibitions respecting rest ricted Items in amended regulations).   
All regulations, whether those using the Interpretation Act  or the 11 identified below, will be 
transferred and come into force on 20 June 2011.  This is an administrative exercise and does not 
result in any change in regulatory requirements for industry.  
 Three product-specific regulations are being am ended, three product-specific regulations are 
repealing and replacing regulations, and five new product-specific regulations are being made from 
Items of Part I of Schedule I to the HPA.  These regulations will address ga ps that otherwise would 
have been created by the coming into force of the CCPSA.  
The three product-specific amended regulations are: 
- Regulations Amending the Surface Coating Materials Regulations  (SOR/2011-14) 
- Regulations Amending the As bestos Products Regulations  (SOR/2011-23) 
- Regulations Amending the Consumer Chem icals and Containers Regulations, 2001   
(SOR/2011-24)   G/TBT/N/CAN/290/Add.2 
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  The three product-specific regulations th at repeal and replace regulations are: 
- Children's Sleepwear Regulations  (SOR/2011-15) 
- Restraint Systems and Booster Seats for Motor Vehicles Regulations  (SOR/2011-16) 
- Toys Regulations  (SOR/2011-17) 
 
The five new product-specific regulations are: 
- Candles Regulations  (SOR/2011-18) 
- Children's Jewellery Regulations  (SOR/2011-19) 
- Face Protectors for Ice Hockey and Box Lacrosse Players Regulations  (SOR/2011-20) 
- Ice Hockey Helmet Regulations  (SOR/2011-21) 
- Textile Flammability Regulations  (SOR/2011-22) 
 The electronic version of the above-menti oned regulations can be downloaded from: 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p2/2011/2011-02-16/p df/g2-14504.pdf
 (SOR/2011-14 to 24)  
 
The full text of the Order Fixing 20 June 2011 as the Day on which the Canada Consumer Product 
Safety Act Comes into Force can be downloaded from:  http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p2/2011/2011-02-16/p df/g2-14504.pdf
 (SI/2011-12)  
 The electronic version of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act  can be downloaded from: 
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-1.68/index.html
 (English) 
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/fra/lois/C-1.68/index.html  (French) 
 or requested from:  Canadian Enquiry Point 
Standards Council of Canada 
200-270 Albert Street Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6N7 Tel.:  (613) 238-3222 Fax:  (613) 569-7808 
E-mail:  enquirypoint@scc.ca
 
 
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