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Bill C-383

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1st Session, 36th Parliament,
46-47 Elizabeth II, 1997-98

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-383

An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (warnings on alcoholic beverage containers)

R.S., c. F-27; R.S., cc. 27, 31 (1st Supp.), c. 27 (3rd Supp.), c. 42 (4th Supp.); 1992, c. 1; 1993, cc. 34, 37, 44; 1994, cc. 26, 38, 47; 1995, c. 1; 1996, cc. 8, 16, 19; 1997, cc. 6, 18

      Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. The Food and Drugs Act is amended by adding the following after section 5:

Warning labels

5.1 (1) Notwithstanding section 30 or any regulation made thereunder, no person shall sell an alcoholic beverage in Canada unless the container in which the beverage is sold carries

    (a) a visible and clearly printed warning that states the following:

    ``Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs a person's ability to operate machinery or an automobile and may cause health problems or cause birth defects during pregnancy.'';

and

    (b) the illustrated warnings prescribed under paragraph 5.2(1)(a).

Definition

(2) In this section and section 5.2, ``illustrated warning'' means a captioned illustration that warns against the consumption of alcoholic beverages in a circumstance referred to in paragraph 5.2(1)(a).

Governor in Council to make regulations prescribing illustrated warnings

5.2 (1) The Governor in Council shall, not later than six months after the coming into force of this section, make regulations

    (a) prescribing, for the purposes of paragraph 5.1(1)(b),

      (i) an illustrated warning that warns against the consumption of alcoholic beverages during pregnancy,

      (ii) an illustrated warning that warns against the consumption of alcoholic beverages while operating machinery, and

      (iii) an illustrated warning that warns against the consumption of alcoholic beverages while operating an automobile;

    (b) respecting the dimension, colour and other specifications of the illustrated warnings prescribed under paragraph(a); and

    (c) respecting the placement on a container in which an alcoholic beverage is sold of the illustrated warnings prescribed under paragraph (a) and the manner in which they are to be displayed on the container.

Coming into force of regulations

(2) Subject to subsection (3), every regulation made under subsection (1) shall come into force no later than six months after the coming into force of this section.

Approval of House of Commons

(3) No regulation that amends or repeals a regulation made under subsection (1) shall come into force unless it is approved by a resolution of the House of Commons, in which case it shall come into force on the day following that approval.

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