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Tattoos and piercings

5.  For the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Act a severe disfigurement is not to be treated as having a substantial adverse effect on the ability of the person concerned to carry out normal day-to-day activities if it consists of:

(a)a tattoo (which has not been removed); or

(b)a piercing of the body for decorative or other non-medical purposes, including any object attached through the piercing for such purposes.