Canada Amended the Surface Coating Materials Regulations

2022-07-25

On 2022-06-03, Canada published the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (Surface Coating Materials): SOR/2022-122. The Regulations amend the Surface Coating Materials Regulations and four other regulations under the CCPSA that set requirements for applied coating materials.

 

Major Changes:

Regulations

Reference

Changes

Toys

SOR/2011-17

(1)  The definition “good scientific practices” in Section 1 is changed

(2)  Section 1 of the Regulations is amended by adding the definition for “good laboratory practices”

(3)  The terms “Stickers, films and surface coating materials” and “accessible part and surface coating material” are re-defined in Section 23 of the Regulations

Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets

SOR/2016-152

The terms “Stickers, films and surface coating materials” and “accessible part and surface coating material” are re-defined in Section 3 of the Regulation

Expansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures

SOR/2016-179

(1)  Definitions of “good laboratory practices” is added to Section 1 of the Regulation

(2)  The terms “Stickers, films and surface coating materials” and “accessible part and surface coating material” are re-defined in Section 2 of the Regulation

Surface Coating Materials

SOR/2016-193

(1)  The terms “surface coating material” and “accessible part” are re-defined in Section 1 of the Regulation

(2)  The requirements of “Mercury content and test method” and “lead content” are added to Section 5 of the Regulation

Playpens

SOR/2018-186

The terms “Stickers, films and surface coating materials” and “accessible part and surface coating material” are re-defined in Section 3 of the regulation

 

Effective Date:

The Regulations come into force on the 180th day after the day on which they are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II.  The effective date is 2022-11-30.

 

References:

https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2022/2022-06-22/html/sor-dors122-eng.html

 

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