[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1061.2]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1061_APPLICATIONS FOR EXEMPTION FROM PREEMPTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1061.2  Definitions.

    For the purposes of this part:
    (a) Commission means the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
    (b) Commission's statutory preemption provisions and statutory 
preemption provisions means section 26 of the CPSA (15 U.S.C. 2075), 
section 18 of the FHSA (15 U.S.C. 1261n), section 16 of the FFA (15 
U.S.C. 1203) and section 7 of the PPPA (15 U.S.C. 1476).
    (c) Commission statute, standard, or regulation means a statute, 
standard, regulation, or requirement that is designated as having a 
preemptive effect by the Commission's statutory preemption provisions.
    (d) State means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, Wake Island, Midway Island, 
Kingman Reef, Johnston Island, the Canal Zone, American Samoa, or the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
    (e) Local government means any political subdivision of a State 
having the authority to establish or continue in effect any standard, 
regulation, or requirement that has the force of law and is applicable 
to a consumer product.

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    (f) State or local requirement means any statute, standard, 
regulation, ordinance, or other requirement that applies to a product 
regulated by the Commission, that is issued by a State or local 
government, and that is intended to have the force of law when in 
effect.