Marginal note:Definitions

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  1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

  components and accessories

  components and accessories means items that are intended to be used with a tent, such as side panels, curtains, footprints, flies and gear lofts, whether they are sold with the tent or separately, but does not include the following:

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    (a) packaging such as bags for tents, poles or stakes;

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    (b) threads, zippers, ropes, hook and loop fasteners and webbing;

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    (c) labels and logos with a surface area of less than or equal to 1 000 cm², calculated in a manner set out in Annex A of the safety standard; and

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    (d) fabric and other pliable material with a surface area less than or equal to 1 000 cm². (composants et accessoires)

  safety standard

  safety standard means the Canadian General Standards Board standard CAN/CGSB-182.1-2020, entitled Flammability and labelling requirements for tents, as amended from time to time. (norme de sécurité)

  tent

  tent means a structure that meets the following conditions:

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    (a) it is portable;

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    (b) it is intended to shelter persons from outdoor environmental elements such as precipitation, sun, wind or insects;

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    (c) it is made, in whole or in part, of fabric or other pliable material;

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    (d) it has a top;

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    (e) it has at least one side that constrains egress; and

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    (f) it is not subject to the National Building Code of Canada 2020, published by the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, National Research Council of Canada. (tente)

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  Marginal note:Reference in the safety standard

  (2) For the purposes of these Regulations, a reference to “tent” in the safety standard has the same meaning as in subsection (1).

Marginal note:Performance and testing requirements

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  2 (1) When tested in accordance with the safety standard, fabric and other pliable material of a tent or of its components and accessories must meet the requirements set out in section 5.2.1 of the safety standard.

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  Marginal note:Flooring materials

  (2) When tested in accordance with the safety standard, flooring materials of a tent, as defined in section 4.3 of the safety standard, that do not meet the requirements set out in section 5.2.1 of that standard must meet the requirements set out in section 5.3.1 of that standard.

Marginal note:Labelling requirements

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  3 (1) A tent must meet the labelling requirements set out in section 6 of the safety standard.

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  Marginal note:Children’s tent

  (2) For the purposes of this section, a reference to “children’s tent” in the safety standard means a tent that is intended to be used by a child under 14 years of age and that is not intended to be used with a cooking or heating device.

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  Marginal note:Appliance

  (3) For the purposes of this section, a reference to “appliance” in the safety standard means a cooking or heating device.

Marginal note:Compliance period

4 Despite sections 2 and 3, a tent that meets a requirement referred to in those sections, as it read immediately before the day on which a new version of the safety standard is published, may continue to meet that requirement:

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  (a) in the case of the manufacture or import of the tent, for a period of one year that begins on that day; and

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  (b) in the case of the advertisement or sale of the tent, for a period of two years that begins on that day.

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Marginal note:Consumer products deemed to meet applicable requirements

8 A consumer product referred to in the Tents Regulations or the Toys Regulations, as those Regulations read immediately before the day on which these Regulations come into force, that, immediately before that day, met the applicable requirements for that consumer product is deemed to meet the applicable requirements for that consumer product under these Regulations for a period of two years, beginning on the day on which this section comes into force.

9 The Tents RegulationsFootnote ³ are repealed.

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