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Public Health (Wales) Act 2017

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95Offence of performing or making arrangements to perform an intimate piercing on a child

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(1)It is an offence for a person in Wales to—

(a)perform an intimate piercing on a person who is under the age of 18, or

(b)make arrangements to perform an intimate piercing, in Wales, on a particular person who is under the age of 18.

(2)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine.

(3)Where a person (“the accused”) is charged with an offence under this section by reason of the accused’s own conduct (and otherwise than by virtue of the application of section 44 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) (aiders and abettors)) it is a defence for the accused to show—

(a)that the accused believed that the person on whom the piercing referred to in subsection (1)(a) was performed, or in respect of whom the arrangements referred to in subsection (1)(b) were made, was aged 18 or over, and

(b)either—

(i)that the accused had taken reasonable steps to establish the age of that person, or

(ii)that nobody could reasonably have suspected from that person’s appearance that the person was under the age of 18.

(4)For the purposes of subsection (3)(b)(i), the accused (in the case of an offence under subsection (1)(a)) is to be treated as having taken reasonable steps to establish the age of another person if—

(a)the accused asked that person for evidence of that person’s age, and

(b)the evidence would have convinced a reasonable person.

(5)Where a person is charged with an offence under this section by reason of the act or default of another person, or by virtue of the application of section 44 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) (aiders and abettors), it is a defence to show that the person took reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to avoid committing the offence.

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