S-2.1, r. 8.1 - Hazardous Products Information Regulation

Section 1 Disposition versions

2015-06-03

1. In this Regulation and in subdivision 5 of Division II of Chapter III of the Act, if applicable,

“Act” means the Act respecting occupational health and safety (chapter S-2.1);

“container” means any package or receptacle, including a bag, barrel, bottle, box, drum, can, cylinder or storage tank;

“fugitive emission” means a hazardous product in the form of a gas, liquid, solid, vapour, fume, steam, mist or dust that escapes from a product or from process equipment or emission control equipment in a workplace when a worker may be exposed to it;

“hazard statement” means a phrase assigned to a category or subcategory of a hazard class that describes the nature of the hazard presented by a hazardous product as defined by section 1 of the Hazardous Products Regulations (SOR/2015-17);

“hazardous product” means a hazardous product within the meaning of the Hazardous Products Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-3) that is classified, in accordance with the Hazardous Products Regulations, in a category or subcategory of a hazard class;

“hazardous product in bulk form” means a hazardous product contained in any of the following, without intermediate containment or intermediate packaging:

(a)  a vessel that has a water capacity equal to or greater than 450 litres;

(b)  a freight container, road vehicle, railway vehicle or portable tank;

(c)  the hold of a ship; or

(d)  a pipeline;

“hazardous waste” means a hazardous product that is intended for disposal or is sold for recycling or recovery;

“label” means a group of written, printed or graphic information elements that relate to a hazardous product, which group is designed to be affixed to, printed or written on or attached to the hazardous product or the container in which the hazardous product is packaged. For the purposes of this Regulation and subdivision 5 of Division II of Chapter III of the Act, “label” refers to both a supplier’s label and a workplace label;

“manufactured article” means any article that is formed to a specific shape or design during manufacture, the intended use of which when in that form is dependent on its shape or design, and that, when being installed, if the intended use of the article requires it to be installed, and under normal conditions of use, will not release or otherwise cause a person to be exposed to a hazardous product;

“mixture” means a combination of, or a solution that is composed of, 2 or more ingredients that, when they are combined, do not react with each other, but excludes any such combination or solution that is a substance;

“outer container” means the most outward container of a hazardous product that is visible under normal conditions of handling, unless it is the only container of the hazardous product;

“precautionary statement” means a phrase that describes the recommended measures to take in order to minimize or prevent adverse effects resulting from exposure to a hazardous product or resulting from improper storage or handling of a hazardous product. Such statements may include the general precautionary statements and the prevention, response, storage and disposal precautionary statements contained in section 3 of Annex 3 of the United Nations document entitled Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), Fifth Revised Edition;

“safety data sheet” means a supplier’s safety data sheet or a workplace safety data sheet;

“significant new data” means new data regarding the hazard presented by a hazardous product that change its classification in a category or subcategory of a hazard class, or result in its classification in another hazard class, or change the ways to protect against the hazard presented by the hazardous product;

“supplier” means a person who, in the course of business, sells or imports a hazardous product within the meaning of the Hazardous Products Act;

“supplier’s label” means a label required under the Hazardous Products Act and that meets the requirements set out in the Hazardous Products Regulations;

“supplier’s safety data sheet” means a document provided by a supplier under the Hazardous Products Act that contains, under the headings that, under the Hazardous Products Regulations, are required to appear in the document, information about a hazardous product, including information related to the hazards associated with any use, handling or storage of the hazardous product in a workplace;

“transfill” means to transfer a hazardous product into another container for the sole purpose of using it in the workplace, with no intention of selling it;

“transit” means, in relation to a hazardous product, its transport through Canada after being imported and before being exported, when the place of initial loading and the final destination are outside Canada, and, while in transport, its loading, unloading, packing, unpacking or storage;

“workplace label” means a label prepared by an employer that meets the requirements set out in this Regulation;

“workplace safety data sheet” means a safety data sheet prepared by an employer that meets the requirements set out in this Regulation.

S.Q. 2015, c. 13, s. 14.