Ozone-depleting Substances and Halocarbon Alternatives Regulations

Marginal note:Products containing 2 kg or less of HCFCs

• 42 (1) It is prohibited for any person to import a pressurized container that contains 2 kg or less of an HCFC set out in Table 3 of Schedule 1.

• Marginal note:Exception — miscellaneous products

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to pressurized containers containing

  • (a) a mould release agent used in the manufacture of plastic and elastomeric materials;

  • (b) a spinneret lubricant or cleaning agent used in the manufacture of synthetic fibres;

  • (c) a document preservation agent;

  • (d) a fire-extinguishing agent used in equipment for non-residential applications;

  • (e) a wasp or hornet agent;

  • (f) a rigid foam product;

  • (g) refrigerant 412A (HCFC-22/HCFC-142b/octafluoropropane); or

  • (h) refrigerant 509A (HCFC-22/octafluoropropane).

• Marginal note:Exception — health care products and laboratory or analytical use

  (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a pressurized container containing a product that is intended

  • (a) for use in animal or human health care, including a bronchial dilator, inhalable steroid, topical anaesthetic and veterinary wound powder spray; or

  • (b) for a laboratory or analytical use.