Vol. 150, No. 14 — July 13, 2016

Registration

SOR/2016-183 June 22, 2016

CANADA CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

Mattresses Regulations

P.C. 2016-610 June 21, 2016

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Health, pursuant to section 37 of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (see footnote a), makes the annexed Mattresses Regulations.

Mattresses Regulations

Interpretation

Definition of mattress

1 In these Regulations, mattress means an item that is intended, promoted or normally used for the purpose of being slept on that contains resilient material enclosed within a ticking, but does not include

Requirement

Combustion resistance

2 When a mattress is tested in accordance with the Canadian General Standards Board standard CAN/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.7-2013, entitled Textile test methods — Combustion resistance of mattresses — Cigarette test, published in April 2013, melting or charring of the surface that extends more than 50 mm in any horizontal direction from the nearest point of the original location of the test cigarette, or continuing combustion in the mattress assembly 10 minutes after the cigarette has extinguished, must not be exhibited in more than one test specimen.

Repeal

3 The Hazardous Products (Mattresses) Regulations (see footnote 1) are repealed.

Coming into Force

Registration

4 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for these Regulations appears following SOR/2016-164, Asbestos Products Regulations.