﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Regulation lims:pit-date="2016-06-22" lims:lastAmendedDate="2016-06-22" lims:current-date="2019-06-21" lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831799" lims:id="831799" gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SOR" xml:lang="en" in-force="yes" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831800" lims:id="831800"><InstrumentNumber>SOR/2016-177</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>2016</YYYY><MM>6</MM><DD>22</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22"><Date><YYYY>2019</YYYY><MM>6</MM><DD>22</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><EnablingAuthority lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831802" lims:id="831802"><XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-1.68">CANADA CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831803" lims:id="831803">Cellulose Fibre Insulation Regulations</LongTitle><RegulationMakerOrder><RegulationMaker>P.C.</RegulationMaker><OrderNumber>2016-604</OrderNumber><Date><YYYY>2016</YYYY><MM>6</MM><DD>21</DD></Date></RegulationMakerOrder></Identification><Order lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831804" lims:id="831804"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831805" lims:id="831805" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Health, pursuant to section 37 of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-1.68">Canada Consumer Product Safety Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81200-2-TEXTILE_hc">a</FootnoteRef>, makes the annexed <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2016-177">Cellulose Fibre Insulation Regulations</XRefExternal>.</Text><Footnote id="fn_81200-2-TEXTILE_hc" placement="page" status="official"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C. 2010, c. 21</Text></Footnote></Provision></Order><Body lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831806" lims:id="831806"><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831807" lims:id="831807" level="1"><TitleText>Interpretation</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:lastAmendedDate="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831808" lims:id="831808"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831809" lims:id="831809">Definitions</MarginalNote><Label>1</Label><Text>The following definitions apply in these Regulations.</Text><Definition lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831810" lims:id="831810" generate-in-text="no"><Text><DefinedTermEn>cellulose fibre insulation</DefinedTermEn> means cellulose fibre for use as loose-fill thermal insulation in the interior of new and existing buildings. (<DefinedTermFr>isolant en fibres cellulosiques</DefinedTermFr>)</Text></Definition><Definition lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831811" lims:id="831811" generate-in-text="no"><Text><DefinedTermEn>insulation standard</DefinedTermEn> means the Underwriters Laboratories of Canada standard CAN/ULC-S703, entitled <XRefExternal reference-type="standard">Standard for Cellulose Fibre Insulation for Buildings</XRefExternal>, as amended from time to time. (<DefinedTermFr>norme sur l’isolant</DefinedTermFr>)</Text></Definition></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831812" lims:id="831812" level="1"><TitleText>Specifications</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:lastAmendedDate="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831813" lims:id="831813"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831814" lims:id="831814">Minimum critical radiant flux</MarginalNote><Label>2</Label><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831815" lims:id="831815"><Label>(1)</Label><Text>When cellulose fibre insulation is tested in accordance with section 6.3.9 of the insulation standard, all three test specimens must have a critical radiant flux greater than or equal to 0.12 W/cm<Sup>2</Sup>.</Text></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831816" lims:id="831816"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831817" lims:id="831817">Additional specimens</MarginalNote><Label>(2)</Label><Text>Despite subsection (1), if only one of the three test specimens has a critical radiant flux less than 0.12 W/cm<Sup>2</Sup>, three more specimens must be tested, all of which must have a critical radiant flux greater than or equal to 0.12 W/cm<Sup>2</Sup>.</Text></Subsection></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:lastAmendedDate="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831818" lims:id="831818"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831819" lims:id="831819">Combustion and loss of mass</MarginalNote><Label>3</Label><Text>Cellulose fibre insulation must not exhibit any flaming combustion or any loss of mass greater than 15% when tested in accordance with sections 6.3.3 and 6.3.12 of the insulation standard.</Text></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:lastAmendedDate="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831820" lims:id="831820"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831821" lims:id="831821">Separation of non-cellulosic components</MarginalNote><Label>4</Label><Text>Cellulose fibre insulation must not exhibit any separation of non-cellulosic components greater than 1.5% by mass when tested in accordance with section 6.3.11 of the insulation standard.</Text></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:lastAmendedDate="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831822" lims:id="831822"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831823" lims:id="831823">Corrosiveness — metal</MarginalNote><Label>5</Label><Text>A test specimen that is made of aluminum, copper or steel must not exhibit any perforation when cellulose fibre insulation is tested in accordance with section 6.3.2 of the insulation standard.</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831824" lims:id="831824" level="1"><TitleText>Information</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:lastAmendedDate="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831825" lims:id="831825"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831826" lims:id="831826">Required information</MarginalNote><Label>6</Label><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831827" lims:id="831827"><Label>(1)</Label><Text>Subject to subsection (2), cellulose fibre insulation that is sold to a consumer must have the following information marked on its container legibly and in a prominent location:</Text><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831828" lims:id="831828"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>the name and principal place of business in Canada of either of the following:</Text><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831829" lims:id="831829"><Label>(i)</Label><Text>the manufacturer, if the insulation is manufactured in Canada, or</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831830" lims:id="831830"><Label>(ii)</Label><Text>the importer, if the insulation is imported; and</Text></Subparagraph></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831831" lims:id="831831"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>the day, month and year of its manufacture.</Text></Paragraph></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831832" lims:id="831832"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831833" lims:id="831833">Exception — no container</MarginalNote><Label>(2)</Label><Text>If the cellulose fibre insulation has no container, the information must be marked on the packaging or, if there is no packaging, on the bill of sale or other document given to the consumer at the time of sale.</Text></Subsection></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831834" lims:id="831834" level="1"><TitleText>Repeal</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:lastAmendedDate="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831835" lims:id="831835"><Label>7</Label><Text>[Repeal]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831836" lims:id="831836" level="1"><TitleText>Coming into Force</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:lastAmendedDate="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831837" lims:id="831837" type="transitional"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2016-06-22" lims:fid="831838" lims:id="831838">Registration</MarginalNote><Label>8</Label><Text>These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.</Text></Section></Body></Regulation>