Hong Kong Ordinances

TOYS AND CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS SAFETY ORDINANCE - SECT 3

Requirement to meet safety standards for toys

PART II

TOY SAFETY

(1) No person shall manufacture, import or supply a toy unless the toy,
including its packaging, complies with each and every applicable requirement
contained in one of the following sets of safety standards for toys-

   (a)  International Voluntary Toy Safety Standard
        (國際玩具自律安全標準) established by the International
        Committee of Toy Industries (國際玩具工業委員會);

   (b)  European Standard EN71 (歐洲標準71) established by the European
        Committee for Standardization (歐洲標準委員會);

   (c)  ASTM F963 (美國材料及試驗學會標準F963) established by the
        American Society for Testing and Materials
        (美國材料及試驗學會).

(2) Subject to section 4, the references to the safety standards in subsection
(1) are to those standards as they existed on the date this Ordinance comes
into operation.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to goods in transit, goods in the course of
transhipment or goods manufactured for export.

(4) Where one or 2 of the sets of safety standards listed in subsection
(1)(a), (b) and (c) contain no applicable requirements for a particular toy,
then the toy must comply with the requirements contained in one of the sets of
safety standards that does have applicable requirements or it will be deemed
not to comply with subsection (1).

(5) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence. (Enacted 1992)