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The Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Notice 2015 will be published in the Gazette on Friday (January 23). The Notice seeks to update the safety standards for toys and some children's products listed in Schedule 2 (Schedule 2 products) under the Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Cap. 424).
The Notice will come into operation on October 1, 2015.
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 of the safety standards specified in Schedules 1 and 2 respectively to the Ordinance. These standards are mostly international standards or standards adopted by major economies. The Government keeps in view updates or amendments to the standards made by the standards institutions concerned and, as a regular exercise, apply up-to-date, operative versions to products supplied in Hong Kong. The last update was made in 2013.
The standards institutions concerned have updated or amended two standards for toys and some standards for eight classes of Schedule 2 products. The Notice seeks to apply the updated or amended standards.
In November and December 2014 the Government consulted the public and stakeholders on the proposal to update the safety standards concerned. No objection was raised.
Ends/Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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