§1200 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

Leaves out three kinds of people or shipments from the chapter. It does not apply to carriers or freight forwarders who are simply transporting goods in the normal course of business; to converters, processors, or finishers doing contract work for someone covered by the chapter, as long as they do not cause the goods to become subject to the chapter against the contract; or to goods sent for finishing or processing so they meet flammability standards under section 1193 of this title.

Title 15, §1200

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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply (a) to any common carrier, contract carrier, or freight forwarder in transporting a product, fabric, or related material shipped or delivered for shipment into commerce in the ordinary course of its business; (b) to any converter, processor, or finisher in performing a contract or commission service for the account of a person subject to the provisions of this chapter: Provided, That said converter, processor, or finisher does not cause any product, fabric, or related material to become subject to this chapter contrary to the terms of the contract or commission service; or (c) to any product, fabric, or related material shipped or delivered for shipment into commerce for the purpose of finishing or processing such product, fabric, or related material so that it conforms with applicable flammability standards issued or amended under the provisions of section 1193 of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1967—Pub. L. 90–189 substituted “in transporting a product, fabric, or related material” for “with respect to an article of wearing apparel or fabric”, “product, fabric, or related material” for “article of wearing apparel or fabric” in two places, and “such product, fabric, or related material so that it conforms with applicable flammability standards issued or amended under the provisions of section 1193 of this title” for “to render such article or fabric not so highly flammable, under the provisions of section 1193 of this title, as to be dangerous when worn by individuals”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Secretary of Commerce, and Federal Trade Commission under this chapter transferred to Consumer Product Safety Commission, along with functions of Federal Trade Commission under Federal Trade Commission Act, to extent such functions relate to administration and

Enforcement

of this chapter, see section 2079 of this title.

§1200 Persons excluded from operation of chapter