Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets Regulations — SOR/2016-152
- Citation
- SOR/2016-152
- Jurisdiction
- CA
- Made by
- Health Canada
- Instrument
- Regulation
- Status
- In force
What it requires (5 obligations)
When a crib is tested under Schedule 2, there must be no completely bounded opening through which a solid rectangular block of 60 mm × 100 mm × 100 mm can pass in any orientation. Which procedure applies depends on the side: section 1 of that Schedule for a crib with a rigid side, and section 2 for a crib with a side made of a textile or other pliable material.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, childrenswear, consumer products
- Markets
- CA
The limit is the same for both constructions; the test is not. Reading the block dimension and stopping is the error here — a textile-sided crib is assessed under Schedule 2 section 2, and a rigid-sided one under section 1.
Quoted from section 10(1), "Entrapment — cribs", paragraphs (a) and (b).
When a cradle, bassinet or sleep accessory is tested under Schedule 2, there must be no completely bounded opening through which a solid rectangular block of 60 mm × 100 mm × 100 mm can pass in any orientation — under section 3 of that Schedule where the product has a rigid side, and section 4 where it has a side made of a textile or other pliable material.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, childrenswear, consumer products
- Markets
- CA
Recorded separately from 10(1) because it reaches different products under two further Schedule 2 procedures. Four test sections across the two subsections, and which one applies is decided by the product AND by whether the side is cloth.
Quoted from section 10(2), "Entrapment — other products", paragraphs (a) and (b).
Any mesh made of a textile or other pliable material forming part of the sides or bottom of a crib, cradle, bassinet or accessory must not tear, or become detached from its supporting structure or anything it is attached to, when tested in accordance with Schedule 3.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, childrenswear, consumer products
- Markets
- CA
Wider than the equivalent duty in the Playpens Regulations (SOR/2018-186 s.7(1)): this one names the bottom as well as the sides, and names detachment from "anything to which it is attached" rather than from a supporting structure alone.
Quoted from section 12(1), "Mesh — strength and integrity".
The openings in mesh made of a textile or other pliable material forming part of the sides or bottom of a crib, cradle, bassinet or accessory must be sized so that the hemispherical tip of the probe described in Schedule 4 cannot pass through them when tested in accordance with that Schedule.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, childrenswear, consumer products
- Markets
- CA
Decided at the knit or weave, so it is a duty a fabric supplier can fail before the finished product exists. As in the playpen rule, the limit is defined by the instrument rather than by a stated aperture in millimetres.
Quoted from section 12(2), "Size of openings in mesh".
Any part of a crib, cradle, bassinet, accessory or stand made of a textile or any other pliable material must have a flame spread time greater than seven seconds when tested in accordance with CAN/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.5, Textile Test Methods: Flame Resistance — 45° Angle Test — One-Second Flame Impingement, as amended from time to time. It applies where the material either has no raised fibre surface, or has a raised fibre surface and exhibits ignition or fusion of its base fibres when tested.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, childrenswear, consumer products
- Markets
- CA
Word-for-word the same duty as section 8 of the Playpens Regulations, and it carries the same trap: the two limbs are not a choice. A plain surface is tested outright; a raised-fibre surface is caught only once it ignites or its base fibres fuse. Reading limb (b) as an exemption for pile fabrics is the error the wording invites. This section also reaches the STAND, which the playpen rule does not. Incorporated "as amended from time to time", so the duty follows the current edition of CAN/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.5 rather than the edition in force when the regulation was made. That standard cannot be linked from this register: CGSB publishes no per-standard page that resolves — scc.ca returns 404 to its own search and publications.gc.ca returns 404 and disallows its search paths — so the citation is recorded without a URL rather than pointed at a plausible one.
Quoted from section 13, "Flammability", including both limbs (a) and (b).
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