The Canada Consumer Product Safety Act came into force on June 20, 2011. It establishes legislative and regulatory requirements intended to modernize and strengthen Canada's safety system for consumer products. These requirements include an administrative monetary penalty (AMP) system to support compliance with and enforcement of the CCPSA and its associated Regulations. On May 24, 2013, the new AMP system entered into force, and Health Canada has recently posted related Guidelines on its website.
The adoption of an AMP system generally reflects the movement in federal legislation away from reliance on criminal procedure, and towards more efficient procedures and predictable sanctions for regulatory violations.
Such procedures and sanctions will vary, however, depending on the regulated activity. This article compares this newly adopted AMP system to others in Canada. The factors of comparison include the classification of violations, penalty ranges, payment, compliance agreements, review, and providing documents.
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