[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: 16CFR1212.1]

[Page 342]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1212--Safety Standard for Multi-Purpose Lighters--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart A--Requirements for Child-Resistance
 
Sec. 1212.1  Scope, application, and effective date.

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056, 2058, 2079(d).


    This part 1212, a consumer product safety standard, prescribes 
requirements for multi-purpose lighters. These requirements are intended 
to make the multi-purpose lighters subject to the standard's provisions 
resistant to successful operation by children younger than 5 years of 
age. This standard applies to all multi-purpose lighters, as defined in 
Sec. 1212.2, that are manufactured in the United States, or imported, on 
or after December 22, 2000.