Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001

Marginal note:Maintain characteristics

• 10 (1) A child-resistant container must, when in contact with a chemical product, maintain its child-resistant characteristics throughout the useful life of the product.

• Marginal note:Evaluation

  (2) The responsible person, using good scientific practices, must evaluate

  • (a) the compatibility of the chemical product with its child-resistant container, to determine that the chemical or physical properties of the product will not compromise or interfere with the proper functioning of the container; and

  • (b) the physical wear and stress factors and the force required for opening and closing the container, to determine that the proper functioning of the container will be maintained for the number of openings and closings reasonably foreseeable for the size and contents of the container.