Hazardous Materials Information Review Act

Marginal note:Duties of Chief Screening Officer

• 12 (1) The Chief Screening Officer shall, on receipt of a claim for exemption and the material safety data sheet or label to which it relates and of payment of the required fee,

  • (a) cause a notice of the filing of the claim to be published in the Canada Gazette; and

  • (b) assign a screening officer to review the claim and the material safety data sheet or label to which it relates.

• Marginal note:Notice

  (2) The notice referred to in paragraph (1)(a) shall contain a statement offering every affected party the opportunity to make, within the period specified in the notice, written representations to the screening officer with respect to the claim for exemption and the material safety data sheet or label to which it relates.

• Marginal note:Restriction

  (3) The notice referred to in paragraph (1)(a) shall not disclose any information in respect of which the claim for exemption is made.