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Public Health (Wales) Act 2017

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93Power to add or remove special procedures

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(1)Regulations may amend section 57 by—

(a)adding or removing a type or description of procedure to or from the list in that section, or

(b)varying a reference in that section to a type or description of procedure.

(2)For this purpose a procedure may be described by reference to (among other things)—

(a)the description of individual by whom it is carried out;

(b)the description of individual on whom it is carried out.

(3)The power to add a type or description of procedure to the list in section 57 by regulations under this section is to be exercised in respect of a procedure only if the Welsh Ministers consider—

(a)that the procedure is one that is capable of being performed for aesthetic purposes, or for purposes that the Welsh Ministers consider to be therapeutic, and

(b)that its performance for those purposes is capable of causing harm to human health.

(4)Before making regulations under this section, the Welsh Ministers must—

(a)consider whether there are persons who appear to be representative of the interests of those likely to be affected by the regulations (“representative persons”), and

(b)carry out consultation with any representative persons whom the Welsh Ministers consider it appropriate to consult.

(5)Regulations under this section may make amendments to this Part that are consequential upon the amendment to section 57 effected by the regulations.

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