Marginal note:Manufacture or import

• 3. (1) A person must not manufacture or import any architectural coating set out in column 1 of the schedule if its concentration of volatile organic compounds exceeds the limit set out in column 2 for that architectural coating unless

  • (a) dilution of the architectural coating before its use is required and in accordance with the written instructions of the manufacturer, importer or seller, to a VOC concentration equal to or less than that limit set out in column 2 and that coating is either labelled with or accompanied by those instructions in both official languages; or

  • (b) the person has been issued a permit for that architectural coating under section 10.

• Marginal note:Effective date

  (2) The prohibition takes effect in respect of each architectural coating set out in column 1 of the schedule beginning on the corresponding anniversary of the day on which these Regulations come into force as set out in column 3.

Marginal note:Use of traffic marking coating

• 4. (1) A person must not use, during the period beginning on May 1 and ending on October 15, any traffic marking coating set out in column 1 of the schedule in which the VOC concentration exceeds 150 g/L.

• Marginal note:Effective date

  (2) The prohibition takes effect in respect of the traffic marking coating beginning three years after the day on which these Regulations come into force.

Marginal note:Sale or offer for sale

• 5. (1) A person must not sell or offer for sale any architectural coating set out in column 1 of the schedule if its VOC concentration exceeds the limit set out in column 2 for that product unless

  • (a) dilution of the coating before its use is required and in accordance with the written instructions of the manufacturer, importer or seller, to a VOC concentration equal to or less than that limit set out in column 2 and that coating is either labelled with or accompanied by those instructions in both official languages; or

  • (b) the coating was manufactured or imported under a permit issued under section 10 and the sale or offer for sale occurs no later than two years after the day on which the permit expires.

• Marginal note:Effective date

  (2) The prohibition takes effect in respect of each architectural coating set out in column 1 of the schedule beginning two years after the corresponding anniversary of the day on which these Regulations come into force as set out in column 3.

Marginal note:Dilution instructions

6. For greater certainty, the instructions referred to in sections 3 and 5 cannot provide for any dilution of the architectural coating before its use to a VOC concentration greater than the limit set out in column 2 of the schedule for that coating.

Marginal note:Combination of multiple components

• 7. (1) For greater certainty, if the written instructions of the manufacturer, importer or seller require the combination of multiple components before an architectural coating is to be used, the VOC concentration in the architectural coating resulting from the combination of the multiple components must not exceed the VOC concentration limit set out in column 2 of the schedule for that architectural coating.

• Marginal note:Combination instructions

  (2) If an architectural coating requires that components be combined, the manufacturer, importer or seller must set out on the architectural coating’s label or in accompanying documentation the recommended combination instructions in both official languages.