Expansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures Regulations — SOR/2016-179
- Citation
- SOR/2016-179
- Jurisdiction
- CA
- Made by
- Health Canada
- Instrument
- Regulation
- Status
- In force
What it requires (3 obligations)
Any part of an expansion gate or an expandable enclosure that is made of a textile fibre must have a flame spread time greater than seven seconds when tested in accordance with the Canadian General Standards Board standard 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, where it either has no raised fibre surface, or has a raised fibre surface and exhibits ignition or fusion of its base fibres.
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
SEVEN seconds — the same figure SOR/2016-194 sets for bedding and double the 3.5 seconds it sets for general textiles. A general-textile pass carried onto a gate panel is short by a factor of two. Note also the wording: this reaches a part made of a TEXTILE FIBRE, where the playpen, crib and general rules reach a part made of "a textile or other pliable material" — narrower on its face, and a coated or plastic-sheet panel may sit outside it. Quoted as written rather than harmonised with its neighbours. The method is incorporated as amended from time to time, so the duty follows the current edition; CGSB publishes no per-standard page that resolves, so it cannot be linked from here.
Quoted from section 3, "Flammability", including both limbs (a) and (b).
Information appearing on an expansion gate or expandable enclosure, accompanying one, or in any advertisement for one, must not make any direct or indirect reference to the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act or to these Regulations.
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 mirror of 16 CFR § 1608.6 in this register, and the constructions differ in a way worth seeing side by side: the US rule bars suggesting that the Act or the Government GUARANTEES conformity, while this bars the reference outright — direct or indirect, on the product, with it, or in advertising. A line reading "meets SOR/2016-179" is lawful marketing in neither country, but only Canada forbids naming the instrument at all.
Quoted from section 8, "Reference to Canada Consumer Product Safety Act or Regulations".
Every expansion gate and expandable enclosure must carry, indelibly printed on it or permanently affixed to it, a prescribed warning in English and French — or visual images conveying the same meaning — clearly and prominently displayed and contrasting sharply with the background by colour, projection or indentation. The headings "WARNING" and "MISE EN GARDE" must be upper-case block letters at least 5 mm high, and the body text at least 2.5 mm. The packaging in which the product is sold must carry the same information, clearly and prominently displayed.
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
Bilingual and dimensioned: 5 mm headings, 2.5 mm text, both languages, permanent. For a fabric-panelled product that constrains the label construction, not just its wording — an indelible print or permanent affixation on textile has to survive the life of the product. The duty is repeated on the PACKAGING, so a compliant product in a silent carton still fails.
Quoted from section 9(2), section 9(3) paragraphs (a) and (b), and section 10.
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