Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012

Marginal note:Toxic substance — Schedule 2

• 6 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (4) and sections 7 and 9, a person must not manufacture, use, sell, offer for sale or import a toxic substance set out in column 1 of Part 1, 2 or 3 of Schedule 2 or a product containing it unless the toxic substance is incidentally present.

• Marginal note:Permitted activities — Schedule 2

  (2) The prohibition to manufacture, use, sell, offer for sale or import a toxic substance set out in column 1 of Part 1, 2 or 3 of Schedule 2 or a product containing it does not apply if

  • (a) the toxic substance set out in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 or a product containing it, other than a substance or product set out in item 3 or 4, is designed for a use set out in column 2;

  • (b) the toxic substance set out in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 or a product containing it is designed for a use set out in column 2 and that activity occurs before the date set out in column 3; or

  • (c) a product set out in column 2 of Part 3 of Schedule 2 containing the toxic substance set out in column 1 in a concentration less than or equal to that set out in column 3 including any incidental presence of the substance.

• Marginal note:Exception — incidental presence

  (3) For greater certainty, the exception of the incidental presence referred to in subsection (1) does not apply in the case of a product described in paragraph (2)(c).

• Marginal note:Exception — permitted use

  (4) The prohibition to use a product that contains a toxic substance set out in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 does not apply to a product set out in item 3 or 4 of column 2.

• Marginal note:Exception — personal use

  (5) Subsection (1) does not apply to the use or import of a product containing a toxic substance set out in item 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 2, if the product is used or intended to be used for a personal use.