Hong Kong Ordinances

TOYS AND CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS SAFETY ORDINANCE - SECT 12

Recall notice

(1) Where the Commissioner reasonably believes-

   (a)  that a toy or children's product-

        (i)    does not comply with the applicable requirements of at least
               one of the sets of safety standards listed in section 3(1)(a),
               (b) and

   (c)  , the relevant specification, or at least one of the relevant 
        specifications (if there is more than one specification), listed in
        the Schedule or an additional safety standard established by
        regulation; or (Amended 16 of 1997 s. 9)

        (ii)   to which no safety standards or specifications apply under this
               Ordinance is or may be unsafe; and

   (b)  that there is a significant risk that the toy or children's product
        will cause a serious injury, the Commissioner may serve on a person a
        notice requiring the immediate withdrawal of that toy or children's
        product from being supplied and the retrieval, to the extent
        reasonably possible, of those items already supplied.

(2) A person who is served with a recall notice and fails or refuses to comply
with it commits an offence. (Enacted 1992)