16 CFR § 1101.62 - Statutory exceptions to section 6(b)(5) requirements.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s1101.62"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 1101.62 - Statutory exceptions to section 6(b)(5) requirements."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "1101.62"
section_name: "Statutory exceptions to section 6(b)(5) requirements."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1101"
part_name: "INFORMATION DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 6(b) OF THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Section 6(b) of Public Law 92-573, as amended by Section 211 of Public Law 110-314, 122 Stat. 3016, 15 U.S.C. 2055(b), 5 U.S.C. 553(b)."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 57430, Dec. 29, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1101"
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# 1101.62 Statutory exceptions to section 6(b)(5) requirements.
(a) *Scope.* The limitations established by section 6(b)(5) do not apply to the public disclosure of:
(1) Information with respect to a consumer product which is the subject of an action brought under section 12 (*see* § 1101.42);
(2) Information with respect to a consumer product which the Commission has reasonable cause to believe is in violation of any consumer product safety rule or provision under the Consumer Product Safety Act (Pub. L. 92-573, 86 Stat. 1207, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2051, *et seq.*)) or similar rule or provision of any other act enforced by the Commission; or
(3) Information in the course of or concerning a judicial proceeding (*see* § 1101.45).
[48 FR 57430, Dec. 29, 1983, as amended at 73 FR 72335, Nov. 28, 2008]