Hong Kong Ordinances

TOYS AND CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS SAFETY ORDINANCE - SECT 35

Regulations

(Past version on 01/07/2002).
(Past version on 01/07/2000).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

For the saving and transitional provisions relating to the amendments made by
the Resolution of the Legislative Council (L.N. 130 of 2007), see paragraph
(12) of that Resolution.

(1) The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development may by regulation
provide for all or any of the following matters- (Amended L.N. 218 of 2000;
L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007)

   (a)  designating a product as a children's product;

   (b)  establishing additional safety standards applicable to toys or a class
        of toys including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
        more stringent standards in respect of a matter provided for in all or
        some of the safety standards referred to in section 3;

   (c)  establishing additional safety standards applicable to a specified
        children's product including, without limiting the generality of the
        foregoing, more stringent standards in respect of a matter provided
        for in a specification referred to in section 5;

   (d)  prohibiting the manufacture, importation or supply of a specified toy
        or children's product or a class of toy or children's product;

   (e)  specifying provisions of the Ordinance that will apply to toys or
        children's products for which safety standards are established by the
        regulations.

(2) A regulation may provide that a person who contravenes it commits an
offence and shall be liable-

   (a)  on first conviction, to a fine of $100000 and to imprisonment for 1
        year; and

   (b)  on subsequent conviction, to a fine of $500000 and to imprisonment for
        2 years. (Enacted 1992)