Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001

Marginal note:Documents

• 12 (1) The responsible person must prepare and maintain documents containing the following information and must keep those documents for a period of at least three years after the day on which the child-resistant container is manufactured in Canada or the day on which it is imported:

  • (a) for a container that comes into direct contact with the chemical product, the specifications critical to the child-resistant characteristics of the container, which specifications must include

    • (i) the physical measurements within which the container retains its child-resistant characteristics,

    • (ii) if applicable, the torque that must be applied to open or close the container, and

    • (iii) the compatibility of the container and its closure system with the chemical product that is to be put into it; and

  • (b) the test results that demonstrate that the container and its closure system comply with the requirements of a standard set out in paragraph 9(b).

• Marginal note:Inspector’s request

  (2) The responsible person for a chemical product that is required by these Regulations to be packaged in a child-resistant container must provide an inspector with any of the documents that the inspector requests within 15 days after the day on which the request is received.