Public health and safety purpose
88I Public health and safety purpose
This section applies if a print requirement requires information to be published for a purpose that includes—
informing the public about a serious risk to the life, health or safety of individuals or the public; or
preventing or lessening a serious risk to the life, health or safety of individuals or the public, including, for example, by advertising—
a recall from use, or for repair, of a motor vehicle, device or other thing that places, or may place, at serious risk the life, health or safety of individuals or the public because it is defective; or
an amnesty for surrendering a firearm or obtaining the necessary authority to lawfully possess a firearm.
The information may be published in printed form to the extent necessary to achieve the purpose.
A purpose mentioned in subsection (1) need not be stated in the law under which the print requirement applies if the purpose can be inferred from the circumstances in which the print requirement applies.
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