Hazardous Products Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-3)

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Act current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2011-06-20. Previous Versions

Application

12. This Part does not apply in respect of the sale or importation of any

(a) explosive within the meaning of the Explosives Act;
(b) cosmetic, device, drug or food within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act;
(c) pest control product as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Pest Control Products Act;
(d) nuclear substance, within the meaning of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, that is radioactive;
(e) hazardous waste;
(f) consumer product as defined in section 2 of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act;
(g) wood or product made of wood;
(h) tobacco or a tobacco product as defined in section 2 of the Tobacco Act; or
(i) manufactured article.

13. Subject to the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act, no supplier shall sell to any person a controlled product intended for use in a work place in Canada unless

(a) on the sale of the controlled product, the supplier transmits to that person a material safety data sheet with respect to the controlled product that discloses the following information, namely,
- (i) where the controlled product is a pure substance, the chemical identity of the controlled product and, where the controlled product is not a pure substance, the chemical identity of any ingredient thereof that is a controlled product and the concentration of that ingredient,
- (ii) where the controlled product contains an ingredient that is included in the Ingredient Disclosure List and the ingredient is in a concentration that is equal to or greater than the concentration specified in the Ingredient Disclosure List for that ingredient, the chemical identity and concentration of that ingredient,
- (iii) the chemical identity of any ingredient thereof that the supplier believes on reasonable grounds may be harmful to any person and the concentration of that ingredient,
- (iv) the chemical identity of any ingredient thereof the toxicological properties of which are not known to the supplier and the concentration of that ingredient, and
- (v) such other information with respect to the controlled product as may be prescribed; and
(b) the controlled product or container in which the controlled product is packaged has applied to it a label that discloses prescribed information and has displayed on it all applicable prescribed hazard symbols.