Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 156, Number 24: Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act

June 11, 2022

Statutory authority
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act

Sponsoring department
Department of Health

REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS STATEMENT

For the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement, see the Regulations Amending the Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance)

PROPOSED REGULATORY TEXT

Notice is given that the Governor in Council proposes to make the annexed Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act under subsection 7.1(1)footnote a of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Actfootnote b.

Interested persons may make representations concerning the proposed Order within 75 days after the date of publication of this notice. All such representations must cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, and the date of publication of this notice, and be addressed to the Tobacco Products Regulatory Office, Tobacco Control Directorate, Controlled Substances and Cannabis Branch, Health Canada, 150 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9 (email: pregs@hc-sc.gc.ca).

Ottawa, June 6, 2022

Wendy Nixon
Assistant Clerk of the Privy Council

Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act

Amendments

1 (1) The portion of item 1 of Schedule 1 to the English version of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act footnote b in column 1 is amended by replacing the reference to “flavouring agents” with a reference to “flavourings”.

(2) The portion of item 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act in column 1 is amended by replacing the reference to “GRAS 24” with a reference to “GRAS 29”.

2 The portion of item 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act in column 1 is replaced by the following:
Item

Column 1

Additive
4 Colouring agents, excluding those used to whiten filters, tipping paper or the paper covering rolled tobacco or to imitate a cork pattern on tipping paper
3 The portion of item 4.3 of Schedule 1 to the Act in column 1 is replaced by the following:
Item

Column 1

Additive
4.3 Colouring agents, excluding those used to whiten plug wrap paper, filters or tipping paper, to render tipping paper the colour drab brown (Pantone 448 C), to imitate a cork pattern on tipping paper or to whiten mouthpieces or tips or to render them the colour drab brown (Pantone 448 C)

Coming into Force

4 This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.