Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Notice 2017 gazetted
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The Notice will come into operation on April 1, 2018.
The Ordinance stipulates that a person must not manufacture, import or supply a toy or Schedule 2 product unless it complies with all the applicable requirements contained in any one set of the safety standards specified in Schedules 1 and 2 to the Ordinance. These standards are international standards or standards adopted by major economies. The Government keeps in view updates or amendments to the safety standards made by the standards institutions concerned and, as a regular exercise, applies up-to-date and operative versions to products supplied in Hong Kong. The last update was made in 2016.
The standards institutions concerned have updated or amended the specified standards for toys and for five classes of Schedule 2 products. The Notice seeks to apply the updated or amended standards.
Ends/Friday, May 19, 2017
Issued at HKT 16:10
Issued at HKT 16:10
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