Playpens Regulations (SOR/2018-186)

Interpretation

Marginal note:Definitions

1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

accessory

accessory means a product, including a change table accessory and a sleep accessory, that is designed or advertised to be used with a playpen and that has the following characteristics:

• (a) it is designed to support the weight of a child;

• (b) it can be placed on or fixed to the playpen; and

• (c) its primary function is

  • (i) in the case of a change table accessory, to allow the changing of a child’s diaper or the dressing of a child,

  • (ii) in the case of a sleep accessory that has sides to confine the child, to provide sleeping accommodation for a child, and

  • (iii) in any other case, to provide a play area for a child or an area to enable caregiver-child interaction. (accessoire)

fastener

fastener includes all of the following items:

• (a) items that, once installed on a playpen or accessory, are capable of being joined or unjoined without the use of any tool or equipment, such as

  • (i) string, cords, straps, wire and other similar items, and

  • (ii) zippers, buttons, snaps and other similar items; and

• (b) items that join two objects together on being installed on a playpen or accessory, such as screws, bolts, hinges, nails and other similar items. (attaches)

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)

occupant retention area

occupant retention area means

• (a) in the case of a playpen, the space that is bounded by the playing surface and the interior surfaces of the playpen’s sides; and

• (b) in the case of a sleep accessory, the space that is bounded by the sleeping surface and the interior surfaces of the accessory’s sides. (espace de confinement)

playpen

playpen means a product that has the following characteristics:

• (a) its function is to provide a play area for a child who has a height of 90 cm or less;

• (b) none of its structural components are inflatable;

• (c) it has sides, at least one of which is made of a textile or other pliable material, that are attached to its floor;

• (d) it serves to confine the child; and

• (e) it can be used as a stand-alone product. (parc pour enfant)

structural cover

structural cover means a structural component of a playpen or sleep accessory that has the following characteristics:

• (a) it is made of a textile or other pliable material;

• (b) it attaches to the frame of the playpen or sleep accessory with a zipper, snaps, buttons or other similar fasteners;

• (c) it completely or partially defines the occupant retention area; and

• (d) it is removable. (recouvrement structurel)

supplied with

supplied with, in respect of an accessory, means designed to be used and sold together with a specific playpen or accessory that is made by the same manufacturer. (fourni)

Specifications

Requirements for Playpens and Accessories

Marginal note:Toxicity

2 Every playpen or accessory that contains a toxic substance must comply with section 25 of the Toys Regulations in relation to that substance.

Marginal note:Stickers, films and surface coating materials

• 3 (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 playpen or accessory 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.

• Marginal note: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.

Marginal note:Stitching

4 All stitching that forms part of a playpen or accessory must be lock-stitching.

Marginal note:Shearing and pinching

5 A playpen or accessory must not have any part that is accessible to the child and that may cause injury to the child due to shearing or pinching.

Marginal note:Parts — textile or other pliable material

6 Any part of a playpen or accessory that is made of a textile or other pliable material and that is permanently affixed to a rigid structural component of the product must not, when the playpen or accessory is tested in accordance with Schedule 1, tear or become detached from the component.

Marginal note:Mesh — strength and integrity

• 7 (1) Any mesh that is made of a textile or other pliable material and that forms part of a playpen or accessory must not, when tested in accordance with Schedule 2, tear or become detached.

• Marginal note:Mesh — size of openings

  (2) The openings in mesh that is made of a textile or other pliable material and that forms part of a playpen or accessory must be of such a size that the hemispherical tip of a probe described in Schedule 3 is unable to pass through the openings when tested in accordance with that schedule.

Marginal note:Flammability

8 Any part of a playpen or accessory that is made of a textile or other pliable material must have a flame spread time greater than seven seconds, when tested in accordance with the Canadian General Standards Board standard CAN/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.5, entitled Textile Test Methods: Flame Resistance — 45° Angle Test — One-Second Flame Impingement, as amended from time to time, in either of the following circumstances:

• (a) it does not have a raised fibre surface; or

• (b) it has a raised fibre surface and, when tested, exhibits ignition or fusion of its base fibres.

Marginal note:Posts

9 A post of a playpen or sleep accessory must not extend more than 1.5 mm — measured within 76 mm from the outermost surface of the post — above the lowest point on the upper surface of the higher of the sides that adjoin the post.

Marginal note:Openings — entrapment

10 When a playpen or sleep accessory is tested in accordance with Schedule 4, there must not be any completely bounded opening in the surfaces that define the occupant retention area through which a solid rectangular block that measures 60 mm × 100 mm × 100 mm is capable of passing in any orientation.

Marginal note:Parts — wood, plastic or similar hard material

• 11 (1) Every exposed part of a playpen or accessory that is made of wood, plastic or a similar hard material must be smoothly finished to eliminate sharp edges and points and be free from cracks, burrs and other defects.

• Marginal note:Parts — metal

  (2) Every exposed part of a playpen or accessory that is made of metal must be smoothly finished to eliminate sharp edges and points and be free from burrs.

• Marginal note:Metal tubing

  (3) Every cut edge of any metal tubing that is part of a playpen or accessory must meet one of the following requirements if the cut edge is accessible to the child:

  • (a) it must be smoothly finished to eliminate sharp edges and points and be free from burrs; or

  • (b) it must be protected by a cap that remains in place when the cap is subjected to a force of 90 N applied in any direction.

• Marginal note:Bolts

  (4) The threaded end of every bolt of a playpen or accessory must, if the end is accessible to the child, be covered by an acorn nut or a device that offers equivalent protection.

Marginal note:Small parts

12 Every part of a playpen or accessory that is accessible to the child and that is small enough to be totally enclosed in the small parts cylinder illustrated in Schedule 5 must be affixed to the product so that the part does not become detached when it is subjected to a force of 90 N applied in any direction.

Marginal note:Parts — openings

13 Every slot, notch, groove or other opening in a wooden, plastic or metal part of a playpen or accessory — or in a part of one made of a similar hard material — that is accessible to the child must meet one of the following requirements:

• (a) it must be of such a size and shape that, if it admits a probe that is 5.33 mm in diameter, it will also admit a probe that is 9.53 mm in diameter; or

• (b) it must have a depth that is not greater than the minor span dimension across its opening, if that minor span dimension is greater than or equal to 5.33 mm and less than 9.53 mm.

Marginal note:Cords and straps — length — general

• 14 (1) A cord, strap or other similar item that is attached by only one of its ends to a playpen or sleep accessory must not measure more than 188 mm in length when it is stretched by the gradual application of a force of 22 N.

• Marginal note:Cords and straps — length — change table accessory

  (2) In the case of a cord, strap or other similar item that is attached by only one of its ends to a change table accessory that is placed on or fixed to a playpen, the portion of the cord, strap or item that extends into the playpen’s occupant retention area must not measure more than 188 mm in length when it is stretched by the gradual application of a force of 22 N.

Marginal note:Cords and straps — loops — general

• 15 (1) When tested in accordance with section 1 of Schedule 6, a cord, strap or other similar item that is attached to a playpen or sleep accessory must not be capable of forming either of the following loops:

  • (a) a loop inside the occupant retention area that permits the passage of the small head probe illustrated in the figure to that schedule; or

  • (b) a loop outside the occupant retention area that permits the passage of that probe and that, when the loop is pulled into the occupant retention area, remains there.

• Marginal note:Cords and straps — loops — change table accessories

  (2) When tested in accordance with section 2 of Schedule 6, a cord, strap or other similar item that is designed to restrain a child in a change table accessory that is placed on or fixed to a playpen must not be capable of forming a loop that can be pulled into the occupant retention area of the playpen and that permits the passage of the small head probe illustrated in the figure to that schedule.

Marginal note:Pads

16 A floor pad or mattress pad that is supplied with, or that is designed or advertised to be used with, a playpen or sleep accessory respectively must, when it is installed according to the manufacturer’s instructions, meet the following requirements:

• (a) it must not be more than 38 mm thick; and

• (b) it must be of such a size that, when it is pushed firmly against any side of the playpen or sleep accessory, it does not leave a gap of more than 30 mm between the floor pad or mattress pad and any part of any other side.