Child safe closure for a container

A closure for a container having a base and a lid, the base being adapted and configured to be attached to the container, the lid being pivotally connected to the base and moveable between an open position in which the lid is spaced from the base to provide access to an opening formed in the base, and a closed position in which the lid abuts the base and extends over the opening formed in the base to block access to the opening, one of the lid and the base having first and second operating tabs on a periphery of the respective one of the lid and the base, each operating tab having an actuation portion and an engagement portion, the engagement portion being moveable between an engagement position and a disengagement position, wherein when the lid is in the closed positioned, the engagement portion is configured to engage the other of the lid and the base in the engagement position, wherein when the lid is in the closed position, the engagement portion is configured to disengage from the other of the lid and the base in the disengagement position, the actuation portion of the operating tab being configured to be resiliently deflectable radially outward relative to the respective one of the lid and the base to move the engagement portion to the disengagement position whereupon release of the actuation portion, the engagement portion returns to the engagement position.