Hazardous Products Act

Marginal note:Restrictions on application

• 3 (1) This Part does not apply in respect of the advertising, sale or importation of any

  • (a) explosive within the meaning of the Explosives Act;

  • (b) cosmetic, device, drug or food within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act;

  • (c) pest control product as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Pest Control Products Act; or

  • (d) nuclear substance, within the meaning of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, that is radioactive.

• Marginal note:Restrictions on application

  (2) This Part does not apply to the advertising, sale or importation of a tobacco product as defined in section 2 of the Tobacco Act or the advertising of lighters or matches that display a tobacco product-related brand element, except to the extent that a cigarette described in item 41 of Part I of Schedule I is a prohibited product.

• Marginal note:Minister to report to Parliament

  (3) If the Governor in Council does not make a regulation under paragraph 5(b.1) on or before June 30, 2004,

  • (a) the Minister shall prepare a report;

  • (b) the Minister shall cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of Parliament on any of the first ten days on which that House is sitting after June 30, 2004; and

  • (c) each House shall refer the report to the appropriate Committee of that House.

• Marginal note:Report to explain why no regulation

  (4) The report is to include

  • (a) an explanation as to why the regulation has not been made;

  • (b) a schedule for the making of the regulation;

  • (c) a list of the safe-cigarette legislation in force in North America; and

  • (d) summaries of any scientific studies that have been reviewed by the Minister during the process of establishing the flammability standards to be used to test cigarettes.