Hazardous Products Regulations

Marginal note:Information elements

• 4 (1) Subject to section 4.7 and for the purposes of paragraphs 13(1)(a) and 14(a) of the Act, the safety data sheet of a hazardous product must provide, in respect of the hazardous product, the following information elements:

  • (a) the headings set out in column 1 of Schedule 1, in the order they are presented, including the corresponding item number, which is to be placed immediately before the heading;

  • (b) subject to sections 4.4.1 and 4.5, the content of the specific information elements set out in paragraphs 3(1)(a) and (2)(a) and (d) of Schedule 1 for the heading for item 3 and, for each heading of that Schedule, if the information is available and applicable, the content of the other specific information elements of that Schedule, including the unit of measure, if applicable, taking into account the following:

    • (i) if any of the information — except that required by paragraphs 3(1)(a) and (2)(a) and (d) of that Schedule — is not available or not applicable, an indication to that effect must be clearly stated in lieu of the required specific information element, and

    • (ii) in the case of a mixture, the information provided under the heading for item 11 of Schedule 1 must be information that is available on the mixture as a whole, and if information is not available on the mixture as a whole, it must be information that is available on the hazardous ingredients in the mixture, together with a clear indication of the chemical name of the hazardous ingredient to which the information pertains; and

  • (c) under any applicable heading, all additional hazard information that is available with respect to

    • (i) the hazardous product, and

    • (ii) a product, mixture, material or substance that has similar properties, including any evidence based on established scientific principles, if that information is applicable to the normal conditions of use of the hazardous product and is not redundant, indicated alongside an identification of the product, mixture, material or substance that has similar properties.

• Marginal note:Items 12 to 15 of Schedule 1

  (2) Despite subsection (1), under each heading set out for items 12 to 15 of Schedule 1, the content of the specific information elements in that Schedule may be omitted.

• Marginal note:Biohazardous Infectious Materials — additional information elements

  (3) The following information elements must be provided, immediately following the information elements required by subsection (1), on the safety data sheet of a hazardous product that is classified in a category of the hazard class “Biohazardous Infectious Materials”:

  • (a) the headings set out in Schedule 2, in the order they are presented;

  • (b) under each heading, the name of each specific information element set out in column 2 in respect of that heading in the order they are presented; and

  • (c) under the name of each specific information element, the content of the information element, if the information is available and applicable, including the unit of measure, if applicable, taking into account the following:

    • (i) if any of the information is not available or not applicable, an indication to that effect must be clearly stated in lieu of the required information, and

    • (ii) any information provided under one heading of the safety data sheet need not be repeated under any other heading.

• Marginal note:More than one biohazardous infectious material

  (4) In the case where a mixture contains more than one ingredient that is classified as a biohazardous infectious material, the information required by subsection (3) must be provided in distinct parts on the safety data sheet, sequentially, for each biohazardous infectious material.