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• (2) The generic name for a textile fibre that is made from

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  • (c) regenerated or precipitated cellulose is rayon , but where that fibre has been made

    • (i) by the cuprammonium process, cupro , cupro rayon , cuprammonium or cuprammonium rayon may be used as its generic name,

    • (ii) by the viscose process, viscose or viscose rayon may be used as its generic name,

    • (iii) by a modified viscose process so that it has a high wet modulus, modal or modal rayon may be used as its generic name, and

    • (iv) by a solvent extrusion process, where no chemical intermediates are formed, lyocell or lyocell rayon may be used as its generic name;

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  • (f) a regenerated protein is azlon , but protein may be used as the generic name for such fibre;

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  • (j) a long chain synthetic polymer composed of more than 50 per cent by mass of vinyl chloride units, vinylidene chloride units or other chlorine-containing units or chemical combinations of those units, other than modacrylic as defined in paragraph (h), is chlorofibre but where such polymer is composed of

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  may be used as the generic name for such fibre;

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  • (l) a long chain synthetic polyamide that has recurring amide groups as an integral part of the main polymer chain in which at least 85 per cent by mass of the amide linkages are attached to aliphatic or cycloaliphatic groups, is nylon , but polyamide may be used as the generic name for such fibre;

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  • (o) a long chain synthetic polymer that is composed of at least 85 per cent by mass of olefin units is olefin or polyolefin but

    • (i) where the olefin units are ethylene units, polyethylene may be used as the generic name for such fibre,

    • (ii) where the olefin units are propylene units, polypropylene may be used as the generic name for such fibre, and

    • (iii) where the olefin units are cross-linked synthetic polymers with low but significant crystallinity, composed of at least 95 per cent by mass of ethylene and at least one other olefin unit and the fibre is substantially elastic and heat resistant, lastol may be used as the generic name for the fibre;

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  • (q) a natural or synthetic rubber is rubber but, where the fibre is made from a co-polymer composed of a diene and of not more than 50 per cent but not less than 10 per cent by mass of acrylonitrile units, lastrile may be used as the generic name for that fibre;

  • (r) a long chain synthetic polymer composed of chains with the recurring urethane linkage -O-CO-NH- is polyurethane but, where such polymer is composed of at least 85 per cent by mass of a segmented polyurethane, spandex or elastane may be used as the generic name for that fibre;

  • (s) a long chain synthetic polymer that is composed of

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    is vinal , but vinylal may be used as the generic name for such fibre;

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  • (u) a manufactured fibre in which the fibre-forming substance is a long chain aromatic polymer having recurring imidazole groups as an integral part of the polymer chain is PBI ; and

• (3) Where a manufactured textile fibre is essentially made of two or more distinct constituents, physically combined or mixed at or prior to extrusion, which if separately extruded would each form a textile fibre referred to in subsection (2), the generic name that is required by subparagraph 6(b)(i) of the Act to be shown on a label shall be identified by the applicable generic name as set out in subsection (2) or shown in the following manner, namely, the term biconstituent in the case of two constituents or multiconstituent in the case of more than two constituents shall be immediately followed by brackets containing each constituent, identified by the applicable generic name as set out in subsection (2), preceded by the percentage by mass that the constituent represents in relation to the total mass of the textile fibre, listed in order of predominance by mass and separated from the other constituents by a hyphen.

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31 The textile fibre content of a consumer textile article or constituent part shall be shown in the following manner:

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• (b) subject to paragraphs (c) and (d), each textile fibre that is present in the article or constituent part in an amount less than five per cent by mass shall be shown

  • (i) in the following manner, namely,

    • (A) as “other fibre”,

  • (ii) as prescribed in paragraph (a);

• (c) where there is more than one textile fibre present in the article or constituent part in an amount less than five per cent by mass, all such fibres that are not shown in a manner described in paragraph (a) shall be shown in the aggregate as “other fibres”

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• (d) where the article or constituent part contains, as an integral part, ornamentation, an elastic yarn or a reinforcement yarn that comprises less than five per cent by mass of the article or constituent part, the textile fibre content of the article or constituent part may be shown exclusive of ornamentation, elastic yarn or reinforcement yarn if

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  • (ii) the words “exclusive of ornamentation”, “exclusive of elastic” or “exclusive of reinforcement”, as the case may be, are shown immediately after the percentage of fibres referred to in subparagraph (i).

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• 38.1 (1) Where a consumer textile article consists wholly of plumage or contains plumage as a constituent part thereof and the plumage or part thereof does not comply with the description of down in paragraph 26(1)(c), the plumage or part thereof may be shown as down if it meets the composition requirements set out for commercial down in section 25.

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• (3) Where a consumer textile article consists wholly of plumage or contains plumage as a constituent part and the plumage does not comply with the description of feather in paragraph 26(1)(d), the plumage shall be shown as landfowl feather , waterfowl feather or “(name of the bird) feather” if it meets the applicable composition requirements set out for commercial landfowl feather or commercial waterfowl feather in section 25.

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25 In this Part,

ornamentation

ornamentation means any textile fibre, yarn or combination thereof, excluding fabric, that

• (a) is present in a textile fibre product as an integral part thereof for a decorative purpose,

reinforcement yarn

reinforcement yarn means any textile yarn that is present as an integral part of a complex yarn that is comprised of two or more distinct yarns, either as a core or as a wrap for the purpose of increasing the strength of the yarn or for binding the yarn; (fil de renforcement)

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• 38 (1) Subject to subsection (2), where a consumer textile article contains a textile fibre product

  • (a) as a filling for a purpose other than warmth, or

  • (b) as stuffing,

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• (2) Where a consumer textile article that contains a textile fibre product described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) is an article of upholstered furniture, a mattress, box spring, cushion, chair pad, pot holder, oven mitt, place mat or mattress protector, the textile fibre content of the filling or stuffing contained in the article is not required to be shown, but where any representation as to the textile fibre content is made, the textile fibre content of the filling or stuffing shall, subject to section 10, be shown in the manner prescribed in subsection (1).

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