Hazardous Materials Information Review Act

Marginal note:Order of screening officer

• 16 (1) If, under paragraph 13(1)(a), a screening officer determines that a claim or portion of a claim for exemption is not valid, the screening officer shall order the claimant to comply, in the manner and within the period specified in the order, with the provisions of the Hazardous Products Act, the provisions of the Canada Labour Code or the provisions of the Accord Act in respect of which the claim or portion of the claim for exemption was determined not to be valid.

• Marginal note:No retrospective effect

  (2) No order made under subsection (1) shall have retrospective effect.

• Marginal note:Compliance with order

  (3) Every claimant to whom an order made under subsection (1) is directed shall comply with the order in the manner and within the period specified in the order.

• Marginal note:Deemed compliance

  (4) Every claimant who complies with an order under subsection (1) in the manner and within the period specified in the order shall, for the purposes of the provisions of the Hazardous Products Act, the provisions of the Canada Labour Code or the provisions of the Accord Act, as the case may be, be deemed to have complied with those provisions.