Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (S.C. 2010, c. 21)

Marginal note:Burden of proof

60 In every case where the facts of a violation are reviewed by the Minister, he or she must determine, on a balance of probabilities, whether the person named in the notice of violation committed the violation identified in the notice.

Marginal note:Violation by corporate officers, etc.

61 If a person other than an individual commits a violation under this Act, any of the person’s directors, officers, agents or mandataries who directed, authorized, assented to, acquiesced in or participated in the commission of the violation is a party to and liable for the violation whether or not the person who actually committed the violation is proceeded against in accordance with this Act.

Marginal note:Vicarious liability — acts of employees and agents

62 A person is liable for a violation that is committed by any employee, agent or mandatary of the person acting in the course of the employee’s employment or the scope of the agent or mandatary’s authority, whether or not the employee, agent or mandatary who actually committed the violation is identified or proceeded against in accordance with this Act.

Marginal note:Continuing violation

63 A violation that is continued on more than one day constitutes a separate violation in respect of each day on which it is continued.

Marginal note:Forfeiture

64 Anything seized under this Act that is the subject of a violation is, at Her election, immediately forfeited to Her Majesty in right of Canada and may be disposed of, at the expense of its owner or the person who was entitled to possess it at the time of its seizure, if

• (a) the person is deemed by this Act to have committed the violation; or

• (b) the Minister, on the basis of a review under this Act, has determined that the person has committed the violation.

Other Provisions

Marginal note:Evidence

65 In any proceeding for a violation or for a prosecution for an offence, a notice of violation purporting to be issued pursuant to this Act is admissible in evidence without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the notice of violation.

Marginal note:Time limit

66 No proceedings in respect of a violation may be commenced later than six months after the Minister becomes aware of the acts or omissions that constitute the alleged violation.

General Provisions

Marginal note:Committee

• 67 (1) The Minister shall establish a committee to provide him or her with advice on matters in connection with the administration of this Act, including the labelling of consumer products.

• Marginal note:Advice available to public

  (2) The committee shall make available to the public the advice it provided to the Minister.

• Marginal note:Remuneration and travel and living expenses

  (3) Committee members may be paid remuneration up to the amount that is fixed by the Governor in Council and are entitled to the reasonable travel and living expenses that they incur while performing their duties away from their ordinary place of residence.

Marginal note:Statutory Instruments Act

68 For greater certainty, orders made under this Act, except under section 40, are not statutory instruments within the meaning of the Statutory Instruments Act.

Marginal note:How act or omission may be proceeded with

69 If an act or omission can be proceeded with either as a violation or as an offence, proceeding in one manner precludes proceeding in the other.

Marginal note:Certification by Minister

70 A document appearing to have been issued by the Minister, certifying the day on which the acts or omissions that constitute the alleged offence or violation became known to the Minister, is admissible in evidence without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the document and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof that the Minister became aware of the acts or omissions on that day.

Marginal note:Publication of information about contraventions

71 The Minister may publish information about any contravention of this Act or the regulations, or any violation referred to in section 49, for the purpose of encouraging compliance with this Act and the regulations.

Consequential Amendments to the Hazardous Products Act

72 [Amendments]

73 [Amendment]

74 [Amendment]

75 [Amendment]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

Footnote ^*76 The provisions of this Act come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Act in force June 20, 2011, see SI/2011-12.]