Hazardous Materials Information Review Act

Marginal note:Order re material safety data sheet

• 17 (1) If the screening officer does not receive the signed undertaking, or is not satisfied that the claimant has taken the measures set out in the undertaking in the manner and within the period specified in it, the screening officer shall order the claimant to comply with the provisions of the Hazardous Products Act, the provisions of the Canada Labour Code or the provisions of the Accord Act, as the case may be, except to the extent that they would require the claimant to disclose the information in respect of which the claim is made, in the manner and within the period specified in the order.

• Marginal note:No retrospective effect

  (2) No order made under subsection (1) shall have retrospective effect.

• Marginal note:Compliance with order

  (3) Every claimant to whom an order made under subsection (1) is directed shall comply with the requirements specified in the order in the manner and within the period specified in the order.

• Marginal note:Deemed compliance

  (4) Every claimant who complies with an order under subsection (1) in the manner and within the period specified in the order shall, for the purposes of the provisions of the Hazardous Products Act, the provisions of the Canada Labour Code or the provisions of the Accord Act, as the case may be, be deemed to have complied with those provisions.