Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1 (S.C. 2014, c. 20)
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Assented to 2014-06-19
PART 6VARIOUS MEASURES
Division 3Regulatory Cooperation Council Initiative on Workplace Chemicals
R.S., c. H-3Amendments to the Hazardous Products Act
Marginal note:R.S., c. 24 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 1999, c. 31, s. 127(E)
112. Section 11 of the Act and the headings before it are replaced by the following:
PART IIHAZARDOUS PRODUCTS
Marginal note:R.S., c. 24 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 2002, c. 28, s. 86
113. (1) Paragraphs 12(a) to (c) of the Act are repealed.
Marginal note:R.S., c. 24 (3rd Supp.), s. 1
(2) Paragraph 12(e) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(e) hazardous waste, being a hazardous product that is sold for recycling or recovery or is intended for disposal;
Marginal note:R.S., c. 24 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 2010, c. 21, s. 74
(3) Paragraphs 12(f) and (g) of the Act are repealed.
(4) Section 12 of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (h), by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (i) and by adding the following after paragraph (i):
(j) anything listed in Schedule 1.
Marginal note:R.S., c. 24 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 1999, c. 31, s. 128(F)
114. Sections 13 and 14 of the Act are replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Prohibition re sale
13. (1) Subject to the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act, no supplier shall sell a hazardous product that is intended for use, handling or storage in a work place in Canada unless
(a) the supplier has in their possession a safety data sheet for the hazardous product that meets the requirements set out in the regulations made under subsection 15(1);
(a.1) on the sale of the hazardous product to any person or government, the supplier provides to the person or government the safety data sheet referred to in paragraph (a), or causes it to be provided, if on that sale the person or government acquires possession or ownership of that hazardous product; and
(b) the hazardous product or the container in which the hazardous product is packaged has a label that meets the requirements set out in the regulations made under subsection 15(1) affixed to it, printed on it or attached to it in a manner that meets the requirements set out in the regulations made under that subsection.
Definition of “government”
(2) In this section, “government” means any of the following or their institutions:
(a) the federal government;
(b) a corporation named in Schedule III to the Financial Administration Act;
(c) a provincial government or a public body established under an Act of the legislature of a province; and
(d) an aboriginal government as defined in subsection 13(3) of the Access to Information Act.
Marginal note:Prohibition re importation
14. Subject to the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act, no supplier shall import a hazardous product that is intended for use, handling or storage in a work place in Canada unless
(a) the supplier obtains or prepares, on or before the importation of the hazardous product, a safety data sheet for the hazardous product that meets the requirements set out in the regulations made under subsection 15(1); and
(b) the hazardous product or the container in which the hazardous product is packaged has a label that meets the requirements set out in the regulations made under subsection 15(1) affixed to it, printed on it or attached to it in a manner that meets the requirements set out in the regulations made under that subsection.
Marginal note:Prohibition re sale
14.1 (1) Despite section 13, no supplier shall sell a hazardous product that contains asbestos and is intended for use, handling or storage in a work place in Canada unless, subject to the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act, the supplier complies with the requirements set out in paragraphs 13(1)(a) to (b) and the hazardous product meets the requirements set out in the regulations made under subsection 15(2).
Marginal note:Prohibition re importation
(2) Despite section 14, no supplier shall import a hazardous product that contains asbestos and is intended for use, handling or storage in a work place in Canada unless, subject to the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act, the supplier complies with the requirements set out in paragraphs 14(a) and (b) and the hazardous product meets the requirements set out in the regulations made under subsection 15(2).
Marginal note:False information — hazardous product or container
14.2 (1) No supplier shall sell or import a hazardous product that is intended for use, handling or storage in a work place in Canada if the hazardous product or the container in which the hazardous product is packaged has affixed to, printed on or attached to it information about the hazardous product that is false, misleading or likely to create an erroneous impression, with respect to the information that is required to be included in a label or safety data sheet for that hazardous product in order for the supplier to comply with the requirements set out in paragraphs 13(1)(a) to (b) or 14(a) and (b), as the case may be.
Marginal note:Safety data sheet — sale
(2) No supplier shall sell a hazardous product that is intended for use, handling or storage in a work place in Canada if the safety data sheet for the hazardous product that is in their possession in order to comply with the requirement set out in paragraph 13(1)(a), or that they provide or cause to be provided in order to comply with the requirement set out in paragraph 13(1)(a.1), is false, misleading or likely to create an erroneous impression, with respect to the information that is required to be included in a label or safety data sheet for that hazardous product in order for the supplier to meet the requirements set out in paragraphs 13(1)(a) to (b).
Marginal note:Safety data sheet — importation
(3) No supplier shall import a hazardous product that is intended for use, handling or storage in a work place in Canada if the safety data sheet for the hazardous product that the supplier obtains or prepares in order to comply with the requirement set out in paragraph 14(a) is false, misleading or likely to create an erroneous impression, with respect to the information that is required to be included in a label or safety data sheet for that hazardous product in order for the supplier to comply with the requirements set out in paragraphs 14(a) and (b).
Marginal note:Course of sale
(4) No supplier who sells a hazardous product that is intended for use, handling or storage in a work place in Canada shall, in the course of selling the hazardous product, communicate by any means any information about the hazardous product that is false, misleading or likely to create an erroneous impression, with respect to the information that is required to be included in a label or safety data sheet for that hazardous product in order for the supplier to comply with the requirements set out in paragraphs 13(1)(a) to (b).
Preparing and Maintaining Documents
Marginal note:Requirements
14.3 (1) Every supplier who sells or imports a hazardous product that is intended for use, handling or storage in a work place in Canada shall prepare and maintain
(a) a document containing a true copy of a label that represents the label that is affixed to, printed on or attached to the hazardous product or the container in which the hazardous product is packaged in order to meet the requirement set out in paragraph 13(1)(b) or 14(b), as the case may be, when they sell or import the hazardous product;
(b) a document containing a true copy of a safety data sheet for the hazardous product that represents the safety data sheet that is in their possession in order to meet the requirement set out in paragraph 13(1)(a) or that they obtain or prepare in order to meet the requirement set out in paragraph 14(a), as the case may be, when they sell or import the hazardous product;
(c) if the supplier obtained the hazardous product from another person, a document that indicates the person’s name and address, the quantity of the hazardous product obtained by the supplier and the month and year in which they obtained it;
(d) a document that indicates, for any sales of the hazardous product that result in a transfer of ownership or possession, the locations at which those sales took place, the period during which they took place, and, for each month in that period, the quantity sold during the month; and
(e) the prescribed documents.
Marginal note:Period for keeping documents
(2) The supplier shall keep the documents for six years after the end of the year to which they relate or for any other period that may be prescribed.
Marginal note:Keeping and providing documents
(3) The supplier shall keep the documents at the supplier’s place of business in Canada or at any prescribed place and shall, on written request, within the time and in the manner specified in the request, provide them to the Minister or an inspector.
Marginal note:Exemption — outside Canada
(4) The Minister may, subject to any terms and conditions that he or she may specify, exempt a supplier from the requirement to keep documents in Canada if the Minister considers it unnecessary or impractical for the supplier to keep them in Canada.
Marginal note:R.S., c. 24 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 1999, c. 31, s. 129
115. (1) Paragraphs 15(1)(a) to (e) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(a) defining, for the purposes of Schedule 2, any word or expression used in Schedule 2 but not defined in this Act;
(a.1) establishing, for any hazard class listed in Schedule 2, categories and subcategories of that hazard class;
(b) respecting the classification of products, mixtures, materials and substances in a category or subcategory of a hazard class listed in Schedule 2;
(c) respecting safety data sheets;
(c.1) respecting labels;
(d) respecting the preparation and maintenance of documents, including by specifying the documents to be prepared and maintained, where they are to be kept and for how long;
Marginal note:R.S., c. 24 (3rd Supp.), s. 1
(2) Paragraphs 15(1)(f) to (h) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(f) exempting from the application of this Part and the regulations made under this subsection or any provision of this Part or those regulations, on any terms and conditions that may be specified in those regulations,
(i) the sale or importation of any hazardous product or class of hazardous products either generally or in the quantities or concentrations, in the circumstances, at the places, premises or facilities, for the purposes or in the containers that are specified in those regulations, and
(ii) any class of suppliers;
Marginal note:R.S., c. 24 (3rd Supp.), s. 1
(3) Paragraphs 15(1)(i) to (l) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(i) defining the expression “work place” for the purposes of this Part;
(j) requiring any supplier who sells or imports a hazardous product that is intended for use, handling or storage in a work place in Canada to provide, as soon as feasible, any information that is included in the safety data sheet that is in the supplier’s possession for the hazardous product to any prescribed safety professional or health professional who requests that information for a prescribed purpose;
(k) requiring a prescribed safety professional or health professional — to whom a supplier who sells or imports a hazardous product that is intended for use, handling or storage in a work place in Canada has provided information about the hazardous product that the supplier is exempt from disclosing under any Act of Parliament — to keep confidential, except for the purpose for which it is provided, any of that information that the supplier specifies as being confidential, if that information was provided at the request of the safety professional or health professional for a prescribed purpose;
(l) subject to the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act, requiring any supplier who sells or imports a hazardous product that is intended for use, handling or storage in a work place in Canada to identify, as soon as feasible, on request of any person within a class of persons specified in the regulations made under this subsection, the source for any toxicological data used in the preparation of any safety data sheet that the supplier has provided or caused to be provided in order to meet the requirement set out in paragraph 13(1)(a.1) or has obtained or prepared in order to meet the requirement set out in paragraph 14(a), as the case may be;
Marginal note:R.S., c. 24 (3rd Supp.), s. 1
(4) Subsections 15(2) and (3) of the Act are replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Regulations
(2) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the sale or importation of any hazardous product referred to in subsection 14.1(1) or (2).
Marginal note:Externally produced material
(3) A regulation made under subsection (1) or (2) may incorporate by reference documents produced by a person or body other than the Minister, including by
(a) an organization established for the purpose of writing standards, such as an organization accredited by the Standards Council of Canada;
(b) an industrial or trade organization; or
(c) a government.
Marginal note:Reproduced or translated material
(4) A regulation made under subsection (1) or (2) may incorporate by reference documents that the Minister reproduces or translates from documents produced by a person or body other than the Minister
(a) with any adaptations of form and reference that will facilitate their incorporation into the regulation; or
(b) in a form that sets out only the parts of them that apply for the purposes of the regulation.
Marginal note:Jointly produced documents
(5) A regulation made under subsection (1) or (2) may incorporate by reference documents that the Minister produces jointly with another government for the purpose of harmonizing the regulation with other laws.
Marginal note:Internally produced standards
(6) A regulation made under subsection (1) or (2) may incorporate by reference technical or explanatory documents that the Minister produces, including
(a) specifications, classifications, illustrations, graphs or other information of a technical nature; and
(b) test methods, procedures, operational standards, safety standards or performance standards of a technical nature.
Marginal note:Incorporation as amended from time to time
(7) Documents may be incorporated by reference as amended from time to time.
Marginal note:For greater certainty
(8) Subsections (3) to (7) are for greater certainty and do not limit any authority to make regulations incorporating material by reference that exists apart from those subsections.
Definition of “government”
(9) In this section, “government” means any of the following or their institutions:
(a) the federal government;
(b) a corporation named in Schedule III to the Financial Administration Act;
(c) a provincial government or a public body established under an Act of the legislature of a province;
(d) an aboriginal government as defined in subsection 13(3) of the Access to Information Act;
(e) a government of a foreign state or of a subdivision of a foreign state; and
(f) an international organization of states.
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