Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

134.   Consumer safety regulations

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    (1)   The Minister may, after consultation with the Bureau, make Regulations for the purpose of ensuring that —

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      (a)     goods are safe;

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      (b)     goods which are unsafe, or would be unsafe in the hands of persons of a particular description, are not made available to persons generally or, as the case may be, to persons of that description; and

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      (c)     appropriate information is, and inappropriate information is not, provided in relation to goods.

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    (2)   Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), Consumer Safety Regulations may contain provisions —

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      (a)     with respect to the performance, composition or contents, design, construction, finish or packaging of goods to which this section applies, and with respect to other matters relating to such goods;

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      (b)     with respect to the giving, refusal, alteration or cancellation of approvals of such goods, of descriptions of such goods or of standards for such goods;

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      (c)     with respect to the conditions that may be attached to any approval given under the Regulations;

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      (d)     prescribing the fees to be paid on the giving or alteration of any approval under the Regulations and on the making of an application for such an approval or alteration;

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      (e)     with respect to appeals against refusals, alterations and cancellations of approval given under the Regulations and against the conditions contained in such approvals;

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      (f)     for requiring goods to which this section applies to be approved under the Regulations or to conform to the requirements of the Regulations or to descriptions or standards specified in or approved by or under the Regulations;

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      (g)     with respect to the testing or inspection of goods to which this section applies, including provision for determining the standards to be applied in carrying out any test or inspection;

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      (h)     with respect to the ways of dealing with goods of which some or all do not satisfy a test required by or under the Regulations or a standard connected with a procedure so required;

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      (i)     requiring a mark, warning or instruction or any other information relating to goods to be put on or to accompany the goods or to be used or provided in some other manner in relation to the goods, and for securing that inappropriate information is not given in relation to goods by means of misleading marks or otherwise;

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      (j)     prohibiting persons from supplying, or from offering to supply, agreeing to supply, exposing for supply or possessing for supply, goods and component parts and raw materials for goods;

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      (k)     requiring information to be given to any such person as may be determined by or under the Regulations for the purpose of enabling that person to exercise any function conferred on him or her by the Regulations.

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    (3)   Consumer Safety Regulations made under this section may —

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      (a)     contain different provisions for different cases;

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      (b)     provide for exemptions from any provisions of the regulations;

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      (c)     contain such supplemental, consequential and transitional provisions as the Minister considers appropriate.