Hazardous Materials Information Review Act

Marginal note:Duties of screening officer

• 13 (1) A screening officer shall review a claim for exemption and the material safety data sheet or label to which it relates in accordance with the prescribed procedures and shall

  • (a) decide whether, having regard to the criteria prescribed pursuant to paragraph 48(1)(a), the claim or any portion of the claim is valid; and

  • (b) decide whether the material safety data sheet or label to which the claim relates, except to the extent that it does not disclose the information in respect of which the claim is made, complies with the provisions of the Hazardous Products Act or the provisions of the Canada Labour Code, as the case may be.

• Marginal note:Substantiating information

  (1.1) The screening officer may, for the purpose of determining the matter referred to in paragraph (1)(a), ask the claimant to provide the information substantiating the claim for exemption in the following circumstances:

  • (a) an affected party has made written representations with respect to the claim;

  • (b) the information contained in the summary referred to in paragraph 11(4)(c) is to be verified; or

  • (c) any other prescribed circumstances.

• Marginal note:Consultation

  (2) A screening officer may consult officials of the Department of Health for the purpose of determining whether a material safety data sheet or label complies with the provisions of the Hazardous Products Act or the provisions of the Canada Labour Code.