M-5 - Act respecting stuffing and upholstered and stuffed articles

Section 1 Disposition versions

2005-10-13

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the following expressions and words mean:

(a)  “stuffing” : any material used for stuffing, padding or cushioning an object;

(b)  “upholstered or stuffed article” : any object which contains stuffing;

(c)  “second-hand material” : any stuffing which has previously been the object of a first use;

(d)  “second-hand article” : any upholstered or stuffed article that has been the object of a first retail sale, unless it has been returned to the vendor without use and still bears the label prescribed by regulation which it bore at such first sale;

(e)  “manufacturer” : any person who manufactures or treats stuffing or uses stuffing in the manufacture of upholstered or stuffed articles;

(e.1)  “artisan” : any person who manufactures, on a small-scale basis, fewer than 1,000 stuffed or upholstered articles per year;

(f)  “renovator” : any person who repairs, renovates or alters an upholstered or stuffed article;

(g)  “sale” : a sale pure and simple, a conditional sale, a sale on the instalment plan, an exchange or any other contract by which one party delivers or obliges himself to deliver stuffing or an upholstered or stuffed article to the other for a consideration;

(h)  “permit” : any permit issued under this Act;

(i)  “inspector” : any inspector, including the chief inspector, contemplated in section 13;

(j)  “regulation” : any regulation made under this Act.

1969, c. 61, s. 1; 1998, c. 3, s. 1.

1977-12-31

1. In this act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the following expressions and words mean:

(a)  “stuffing” : any material used for stuffing, padding or cushioning an object;

(b)  “upholstered or stuffed article” : any object which contains stuffing;

(c)  “second-hand material” : any stuffing which has previously been the object of a first use;

(d)  “second-hand article” : any upholstered or stuffed article that has been the object of a first retail sale, unless it has been returned to the vendor without use and still bears the label prescribed by regulation which it bore at such first sale;

(e)  “manufacturer” : any person who manufactures or treats stuffing or uses stuffing in the manufacture of upholstered or stuffed articles;

(f)  “renovator” : any person who repairs, renovates or alters an upholstered or stuffed article;

(g)  “sale” : a sale pure and simple, a conditional sale, a sale on the instalment plan, an exchange or any other contract by which one party delivers or obliges himself to deliver stuffing or an upholstered or stuffed article to the other for a consideration;

(h)  “permit” : any permit issued under this act;

(i)  “inspector” : any inspector, including the chief inspector, contemplated in section 13;

(j)  “regulation” : any regulation made under this act.

1969, c. 61, s. 1.