Public Health (Wales) Act 2017

96What is an intimate piercing?

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(1)For the purposes of section 95, an intimate piercing is a body piercing performed on an intimate body part listed in subsection (2), where performed otherwise than in the course of a medical procedure.

(2)The intimate body parts are the—

(a)anus;

(b)breast (including the nipple and areola);

(c)buttock;

(d)natal cleft;

(e)penis (including the foreskin);

(f)perineum;

(g)pubic mound;

(h)scrotum;

(i)tongue;

(j)vulva.

(3)In this section “body piercing”has the meaning given in section 94.

(4)For the purposes of this section a medical procedure is a procedure carried out by a registered medical practitioner, registered nurse or registered midwife, for the purposes of, or in connection with—

(a)the diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease, ill-health, disability, or other physical or mental abnormality, or

(b)birth control.