Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (Colouring Agents): SOR/2019-108
Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 153, Number 9
Registration
SOR/2019-108 April 24, 2019
TOBACCO AND VAPING PRODUCTS ACT
P.C. 2019-381 April 23, 2019
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Health, pursuant to subsection 7.1(1) footnote a of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act footnote b, makes the annexed Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (Colouring Agents).
Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (Colouring Agents)
Amendments
1 The portion of items 4 and 4.1 of Schedule 1 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act footnote 1 in column 2 is replaced by the following:
|
Item |
Column 2 |
|---|---|
| 4 |
Except those that are manufactured or sold for export, the following: (1) Cigarettes (2) Tubes (3) Tobacco products that are made in whole or in part of tobacco, rolled in paper and intended for use with a device |
| 4.1 |
Except those that are manufactured or sold for export, the following: (1) Blunt wraps (2) Leaf tobacco |
2 Item 4.2 of Schedule 1 to the Act is replaced by the following:
| Item | Column 1 Additive |
Column 2 Tobacco Product |
|---|---|---|
| 4.2 |
Colouring agents, excluding those used to whiten mouthpieces or tips or to render them the colour drab brown (Pantone 448 C) |
Subject to items 4.3 and 4.4, cigars, except the following: (1) Cigars that weigh more than 6 g excluding the weight of any mouthpiece or tip, have a wrapper fitted in spiral form and do not have tipping paper (2) Cigars that are manufactured or sold for export |
3 The portion of item 4.3 of Schedule 1 to the Act in column 1 is replaced by the following:
| Item | Column 1 Additive |
|---|---|
| 4.3 |
Colouring agents, excluding those used to whiten plug wrap paper, to render tipping paper the colour drab brown (Pantone 448 C), to imitate a cork pattern on tipping paper or to whiten mouthpieces or tips or to render them the colour drab brown (Pantone 448 C) |
4 The portion of item 4.4 of Schedule 1 to the Act in column 1 is replaced by the following:
| Item | Column 1 Additive |
|---|---|
| 4.4 |
Colouring agents, excluding those used to render tipping paper the colour drab brown (Pantone 448 C), to whiten mouthpieces or tips or to render them the colour drab brown (Pantone 448 C) |
5 Schedule 1 to the Act is amended by adding the following after item 4.4:
| Item | Column 1 Additive |
Column 2 Tobacco Product |
|---|---|---|
| 4.5 |
Colouring agents, excluding those used to render tobacco products the colour drab brown (Pantone 448 C) |
Tobacco products that are made in whole or in part of tobacco and intended for use with a device but that are not rolled in paper, except those that are manufactured or sold for export |
| 4.6 |
Colouring agents, excluding whitening agents |
Except those that are manufactured or sold for export, the following: (1) Filters (2) Papers intended for use with a tobacco product |
| 4.7 |
Colouring agents, excluding those used to blacken the thread around the circumference of a bidi |
Bidis, except those that are manufactured or sold for export |
Coming into Force
6 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Order comes into force on the day on which subsection 11(2) of An Act to amend the Tobacco Act and the Non-smokers’ Health Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, chapter 9 of the Statutes of Canada, 2018, comes into force.
(2) Sections 2 and 4 come into force on the first anniversary of the day on which subsection 11(2) of An Act to amend the Tobacco Act and the Non-smokers’ Health Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, chapter 9 of the Statutes of Canada, 2018, comes into force.
N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for this Order appears following SOR/2019-107, Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance).