An act to enable the Consumer Product Safety Commission to protect the public by ordering notice and repair, replacement or refund of certain toys or articles intended for use by children if such toys or articles contain a defect which creates a substantial risk of injury to children.

Summary

Children's Products Safety Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to permit the Consumer Product Safety Commission to order a manufacturer of a toy or other article intended for use by children that has been determined to create a substantial risk of injury to children to: (1) give public notice of such danger; (2) mail such notice to each manufacturer, distributor, or retailer; and (3) mail such notice to every person to whom the person giving the notice knows such toy or other article intended for use by children was delivered or sold. Permits the Commission to order the manufactuer, distributor, or retailer either to repair such toy so that it will not create a risk of injury, to replace such toy with a safe equivalent toy or article, or to refund the purchase price.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 18 October 1984

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 3 October 1984

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 11 June 1984

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