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Toys Regulations (SOR/2011-17)

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Regulations are current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2019-01-11. Previous Versions

AMENDMENTS NOT IN FORCE

  • — SOR/2022-122, s. 1

      • 1 (1) The definition good scientific practices in section 1 of the Toys RegulationsFootnote 1 is replaced by the following:

        good scientific practices

        good scientific practices means

        • (a) in the case of test data, conditions and procedures that are in accordance with or equivalent to those set out in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development document entitled OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, as amended from time to time; and

        • (b) in the case of laboratory practices, good laboratory practices. (bonnes pratiques scientifiques)

      • (2) Section 1 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

        good laboratory practices

        good laboratory practices means practices that are in accordance with the principles set out in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development document entitled OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice, Number 1 of the OECD Series on Principles of Good Laboratory Practice and Compliance Monitoring, ENV/MC/CHEM(98)17, the English version of which is dated January 21, 1998 and the French version of which is dated March 6, 1998. (bonnes pratiques de laboratoire)

  • — SOR/2022-122, s. 2

    • 2 Section 23 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

      • Stickers, films and surface coating materials
        • 23 (1) A sticker, film or other similar material that can be removed, or a surface coating material, that is applied to an accessible part of a toy must not contain, when it is tested in accordance with a method that conforms to good laboratory practices,

          • (a) more than 90 mg/kg total lead;

          • (b) any compound of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, selenium or barium if more than 1 000 mg/kg of the compound migrates from the material; or

          • (c) more than 10 mg/kg total mercury.

        • Definition of accessible part and surface coating material

          (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), accessible part and surface coating material have the same meanings as in section 1 of the Surface Coating Materials Regulations.


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