Toys Regulations (SOR/2011-17)

AMENDMENTS NOT IN FORCE

• — SOR/2024-217, s. 5

  • • 5 (1) The definitions plush toy and soft toy in section 1 of the Toys RegulationsFootnote ¹ are replaced by the following:

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      plush toy

      plush toy means a toy with a raised fibre surface, but does not include a toy intended to be entered by a child. (jouet en peluche)

      soft toy

      soft toy includes a toy that is stuffed or made of pliable rubber or pliable plastic, but does not include a toy intended to be entered by a child. (jouet mou)

    • (2) Section 1 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

      toy intended to be entered by a child

      toy intended to be entered by a child means a toy that is constructed, in whole or in part, from fabric or other pliable material and that is intended to fully or almost fully enclose a child. (jouet conçu pour qu’un enfant puisse y entrer)

• — SOR/2024-217, s. 6

  • 6 The headings before section 45 and sections 45 to 47 are replaced by the following:

    Toys Intended to be Entered by a Child

    • Exception

      45 Sections 46 and 47 do not apply to a tent as defined in subsection 1(1) of the Tents Regulations.

    • Requirements and testing

      • 46 (1) A toy intended to be entered by a child must be tested in accordance with subclauses 5.1 and 5.4 of the the International Organization for Standardization, standard ISO 8124–2 entitled Safety of toys — Part 2: Flammability, as amended from time to time, and meet the requirements set out in subclause 4.4 of that standard, excluding the requirement that the toy and its packaging be permanently marked with a statement if the rate of the spread of the flame of the test sample is from 10 mm/s to 30 mm/s.

      • Compliance period

        (2) Despite subsection (1), a toy intended to be entered by a child that meets a requirement referred to in that subsection, as it read immediately before the day on which a new version of standard ISO 8124-2 is published, may continue to meet that requirement:

        • (a) in the case of the manufacture or import of the toy intended to be entered by a child, for a period of 180 days that begins on that day; and

        • (b) in the case of the advertisement or sale of the toy intended to be entered by a child, for a period of 365 days that begins on that day.

    • Warning

      • 47 (1) The outer surface of a toy intended to be entered by a child must have a permanent label containing the following warning or its equivalent, in bold upper-case letters at least 3 mm in height and in both official languages: “WARNING: KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT AND OPEN FLAME / MISE EN GARDE : TENIR LOIN DES SOURCES DE CHALEUR ET DES FLAMMES NUES”.

      • Alert symbol

        (2) The permanent label must contain the following alert symbol, at least 6 mm in height, immediately before the warning:

        

      • Additional requirement

        (3) The warning and the alert symbol must be affixed to the toy intended to be entered by a child in such a manner that they are legible and clearly visible throughout the life of the toy.

• — SOR/2024-217, s. 8

  • Consumer products deemed to meet applicable requirements

    8 A consumer product referred to in the Tents Regulations or the Toys Regulations, as those Regulations read immediately before the day on which these Regulations come into force, that, immediately before that day, met the applicable requirements for that consumer product is deemed to meet the applicable requirements for that consumer product under these Regulations for a period of two years, beginning on the day on which this section comes into force.