Vol. 141, No. 45 — November 10, 2007

Domestic Detectors Regulations

Statutory authority

Hazardous Products Act

Sponsoring department

Department of Health

REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS STATEMENT

For the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement, see the Order Amending Schedule I to the Hazardous Products Act (Domestic Detectors).

PROPOSED REGULATORY TEXT

Notice is hereby given that the Governor in Council, pursuant to section 5 (see footnote a) of the Hazardous Products Act, proposes to make the annexed Domestic Detectors Regulations.

Interested persons may make representations concerning the proposed Regulations 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 Douglas Jacques, Project Officer, Consumer Product Safety Bureau, Product Safety Programme, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Department of Health, Postal Locator: 3504D, 123 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9 (fax: 613-952-9138; e-mail: douglas_jacques@hc-sc.gc.ca).

Ottawa, October 25, 2007

MARY PICHETTE
Acting Assistant Clerk of the Privy Council

	DOMESTIC DETECTORS REGULATIONS INTERPRETATION
Definition of "domestic detector"	1. In these Regulations, "domestic detector" means a fire alarm system that is used in a household and any of its components. It includes an audible signal device, a control unit, a smoke detector, a heat-actuated fire detector and a smoke alarm.

	REQUIREMENTS
Authorization	2. A person may advertise, sell or import a domestic detector set out in column 1 of the table if the detector complies with the standard set out in column 2.

	TABLE
	STANDARDS FOR DOMESTIC DETECTORS

Item	Column 1 Domestic Detector	Column 2 Standard
1.	Audible signal device	ULC-S525-99, Standard for Audible Signal Devices for Fire Alarm Systems, as amended from time to time
2.	Control unit	ULC-S527-99, Standard for Control Units for Fire Alarm Systems, as amended from time to time
3.	Smoke detector	CAN/ULC-S529-02, Standard for Smoke Detectors for Fire Alarm Systems, as amended from time to time
4.	Heat-actuated fire detector	CAN/ULC-S530-M91, Standard for Heat Actuated Fire Detectors for Fire Alarm Systems, as amended from time to time
5.	Smoke alarm	CAN/ULC-S531-02, Standard for Smoke-Alarms, as amended from time to time

COMING INTO FORCE

Registration

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

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Footnote a

S.C. 2004, c. 9, s. 2

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