[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1118.1]

[Page 184-185]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1118--INVESTIGATIONS, INSPECTIONS AND INQUIRIES UNDER THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart A--Procedures for Investigations, Inspections, and Inquiries
 
Sec. 1118.1  Definitions, initiation of investigations, inspections, and inquiries and delegations.


    (a) Definitions. For the purpose of these rules, the following 
definitions apply:
    (1) Act means the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051, et 
seq.).

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    (2) Commission means the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
    (3) Firm means a manufacturer, private labeler, distributor, or 
retailer of a consumer product, except as otherwise provided by section 
16(b) of the Act.
    (4) Investigation is an undertaking by the Commission to obtain 
information for implementing, enforcing, or determining compliance with 
the Consumer Product Safety Act and the regulations, rules, and orders 
issued under the Act. The term investigation includes, but is not 
limited to, inspections (Sec. 1118.2), investigational hearings 
(Sec. 1118.5), and inquiries; employing subpoenas (Sec. 1118.4), 
depositions (Sec. 1118.6), and general or special orders (Sec. 1118.9).
    (5) The definition of the terms set forth in section 3 of the 
Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052) shall apply to this part 
1118.
    (b) Initiation of Investigations and Inquiries. Investigations and 
inquiries will be initiated by the Commission in any manner authorized 
by law.
    (c) Initiation of Inspections. An inspection as described in 
Sec. 1118.2 is initiated when the Commission or its delegate authorizes 
the issuance of a written notice of inspection, described in 
Sec. 1118.2(c).
    (d) Delegations of Authority. The Commission hereby delegates to the 
Associate Executive Director for Compliance and Enforcement; the 
Solicitor, the Directors of the Divisions of Enforcement; the Solicitor, 
the Directors of the Divisions of Enforcement, Product Defect 
Correction, and Regulatory Management; and the directors of area 
offices, the power to initiate inspections in the same manner as the 
Commission.