Reference Manual for the WHMIS Requirements of the Hazardous Products Act and Controlled Products Regulations

CPR Section 1 - Short Title

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Regulations Respecting Controlled Products

Short Title Summary of Amendments

The following are the amendments to the Controlled Products Regulations (CPR) as summarized in the "Consolidated Index of Statutory Instruments, January 1, 1955 to September 30, 2001", Canada Gazette, Part II, September 30, 2001:

CPR Section	Registration	CPR Section	Registration
s. 2, "mixture"	SOR/97-543; s.13(E)	s. 27	SOR/88-555; s.5 SOR/97-543; s.18
s. 5.1	added, SOR/89-150; s.1	s. 32, "IARC"	SOR/97-543; s.19(E)
s. 8.1	added, SOR/88-555; s.1 repealed, SOR/97-543; s.14	s. 32, "respiratory tract sensitization"	SOR/2001-254; s.9
s. 8.2	added, SOR/88-555; s.1	s. 32, "skin sensitization"	SOR/2001-254; s.9
s. 9	SOR/2001-254; s.1(F)	s. 33	SOR/97-543; s.20E
s. 10.1	added. SOR/2001-254; s.2	s. 34	SOR/97-543; s.21
s. 11	SOR/2001-254; s.3	s. 39	SOR/97-543; s.22(F)
s. 12	SOR/97-543; s.15 SOR/2001-254; s.4	s. 57	SOR/97-543; s.23(F)
s. 14	SOR/88-555; s.2 SOR/2001-254; s.5	s. 60	SOR/97-543; s.24(F)
s. 15.1	added, SOR/88-555; s.3 repealed, SOR/97-543; s.16	s. 62	SOR/97-543; s.25
s. 17.1	added, SOR/2001-254; s.6	Sch. I	SOR/97-543; s.26(F) and 27(E)
s. 19	SOR/2001-254; s.7	Sch. I.1	added, SOR/2001-254; s.10
s. 20	SOR/88-555; s.4	Sch. IV	SOR/97-543; s.28
s. 25	SOR/97-543; s.17	Sch. V	SOR/97-543; s.29 and 30(F)
s. 26	SOR/2001-254; s.8

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Controlled Products Regulations.

Interpretation / Discussion Of Section 1

The Controlled Products Regulations (CPR) have been established under the authority of section 15 of the (Hazardous Products Act) HPA. The purpose of these regulations is threefold: to prescribe the form and content of information to be disclosed on material safety data sheet s (MSDSs) and labels of controlled products; to prescribe the conditions for exemption from the requirements of sections 13 and 14 of the HPA (i.e., the requirements for MSDSs, labels and information disclosure); and third, the regulations to provide the criteria which define the products that fall into the WHMIS classes and divisions of controlled products.

The CPR are organized into four parts:

Part I deals with exemptions in relation to MSDSs followed by MSDS form and content specifications (sections 4 to 13);

Part II deals with exemptions in relation to labels followed by label form and content specifications (sections 14 to 22);

Part III deals with general exemptions and specifications for both MSDS and labels (sections 23 to 31); and

Part IV lists the scientific criteria which define controlled products (sections 34 to 66).

Definitions for terms used throughout the CPR are found in section 2. Definitions related to classification under WHMIS and, hence, used only in Part IV of the CPR, are found in section 32.