http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/30

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/30/section/15/2004-10-01

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982

An Act to make amendments for England and Wales of provisions of that part of the law relating to local authorities or highways which is commonly amended by local Acts; to make provision for the control of sex establishments; to make further provision for the control of refreshment premises and for consultation between local authorities in England and Wales and fire authorities with regard to fire precautions for buildings and caravan sites; to repeal the Theatrical Employers Registration Acts 1925 and 1928; to make further provision as to the enforcement of section 8 of the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950 and sections 171 and 174 of the Highways Act 1980; to make provision in connection with the computerisation of local land charges registers; to make further provision in connection with the acquisition of land and rights over land by boards constituted in pursuance of section 1 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 or reconstituted in pursuance of Schedule 17 to the Local Government Act 1972; to exclude from the definition of “construction or maintenance work” in section 20 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 work undertaken by local authorities and development bodies pursuant to certain agreements with the Manpower Services Commission which specify the work to be undertaken and under which the Commission agrees to pay the whole or part of the cost of the work so specified; to define “year” for the purposes of Part III of the said Act of 1980; to amend section 140 of the Local Government Act 1972 and to provide for the insurance by local authorities of persons voluntarily assisting probation committees; to make provision for controlling nuisance and disturbance on educational premises; to amend section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972; to make further provision as to arrangements made by local authorities under the Employment and Training Act 1973; to extend the duration of certain powers to assist industry or employment conferred by local Acts; to make corrections and minor improvements in certain enactments relating to the local administration of health and planning functions; and for connected purposes.

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Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982

s. 15(1)

Public Health (Wales) Act 2017

Deddf Iechyd y Cyhoedd (Cymru) 2017

Sch. 3

para. 22(4)(a)

s. 126(2)

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982

s. 15(2)

Public Health (Wales) Act 2017

Deddf Iechyd y Cyhoedd (Cymru) 2017

Sch. 3

para. 22(4)(b)

s. 126(2)

Part VIII Acupuncture, Tattooing, Ear-Piercing and Electrolysis

C115 Tattooing, F2semi-permanent skin-colouring, cosmetic piercing and electrolysis.

1

A person shall not in any area in which this section is in force carry on the business—

a

of tattooing;

F3aa

of semi-permanent skin-colouring;

b

of cosmetic piercing; or

c

of electrolysis,

unless he is registered by the local authority for the area under this section.

2

A person shall only carry on a business mentioned in subsection (1) above in any area in which this section is in force in premises registered under this section for the carrying on of that business; but a person who carries on the business of tattooing, F4semi-permanent skin-colouring, cosmetic piercing or electrolysis and is registered under this section as carrying on that business does not contravene this subsection merely because he sometimes visits people at their request to tattoo them or, as the case may be, to F5carry out semi-permanent skin-colouring on them, pierce their bodies or give them electrolysis.

3

Subject to section 16(8)(b) below, on application for registration under this section a local authority shall register the applicant and the premises where he desires to carry on his business and shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration.

4

An application for registration under this section shall be accompanied by such particulars as the local authority may reasonably require.

5

The particulars that the local authority may require include, without prejudice to the generality of subsection (4) above,—

a

particulars as to the premises where the applicant desires to carry on his business; and

b

particulars of any conviction of the applicant under section 16 below,

but do not include information about individual people whom the applicant has tattooed or given electrolysis or F6, whose bodies he has pierced or on whom he has carried out semi-permanent skin-colouring .

6

A local authority may charge such reasonable fees as they may determine for registration under this section.

7

A local authority may make byelaws for the purposes of securing—

a

the cleanliness of premises registered under this section and fittings in such premises;

b

the cleanliness of persons so registered and persons assisting persons so registered in the business in respect of which they are registered;

c

the cleansing and, so far as is appropriate, the sterilisation of instruments, materials and equipment used in connection with a business in respect of which a person is registered under this section.

8

Nothing in this section shall extend to the carrying on of a business such as is mentioned in subsection (1) above by or under the supervision of a person who is registered as a medical practitioner or to premises on which any such business is carried on by or under the supervision of such a person.

F19

In this section “semi-permanent skin-colouring” means the insertion of semi-permanent colouring into a person’s skin.