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

Marginal note:Ingredient Disclosure List

• 17. (1) Subject to section 19, the Governor in Council may, by order,

  • (a) establish a list, to be known as the Ingredient Disclosure List, of products, materials and substances, any of which may be an ingredient of a controlled product; and

  • (b) specify, for the purposes of paragraphs 13(a) and 14(a), a concentration for each product, material or substance included in the list.

• Marginal note:Additions, etc.

  (2) Subject to section 19, the Governor in Council may, by order, amend the Ingredient Disclosure List

  • (a) by adding thereto any product, material or substance;

  • (b) by specifying, for the purposes of paragraphs 13(a) and 14(a), a concentration for each product, material or substance added thereto pursuant to paragraph (a); and

  • (c) by substituting a concentration for a concentration specified for any product, material or substance included therein.

• Marginal note:Deletions

  (3) Subject to section 19, the Governor in Council may, by order, amend the Ingredient Disclosure List by deleting therefrom any product, material or substance, and the concentration specified for that product, material or substance, if the Governor in Council is satisfied that the inclusion of the product, material or substance in the Ingredient Disclosure List is no longer necessary.

• Marginal note:Criteria

  (4) The Governor in Council shall, in making any order pursuant to subsection (1), (2) or (3), be guided by the health and safety criteria for ingredient disclosure established by the Minister after consultation by the Minister with the government of each province and with such organizations representative of workers, organizations representative of employers and organizations representative of suppliers as the Minister deems appropriate.

Marginal note:Amendments to Schedule II

• 18. (1) Subject to section 19, the Governor in Council may, by order, amend Schedule II.

• Marginal note:Tabling of orders

  (2) The Minister shall cause a copy of each order made pursuant to subsection (1) to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first fifteen days on which that House is sitting after the day the order is made.

• Marginal note:Revocation of order by resolution

  (3) If both Houses of Parliament resolve that an order or any part of an order made pursuant to subsection (1) should be revoked, the order or that part thereof is thereupon revoked.

Marginal note:Consultation

19. A regulation under subsection 15(1) or an order under section 17 or 18 may be made by the Governor in Council only on the recommendation of the Minister made after consultation by the Minister with the government of each province and with such organizations representative of workers, organizations representative of employers and organizations representative of suppliers as the Minister deems appropriate.