(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Skin Piercing and Tattooing) Order 2006 (“the principal Order”), which designates the activity of carrying on a business which provides skin piercing or tattooing as an activity for which a licence under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 is required.
Article 2(2) of this Order amends the principal Order to adjust the requirements for the activity of acupuncture to be carried out by an operator wearing disposable non-latex gloves that have not previously been used with another client in certain circumstances. The amendments remove the requirements for the activity of acupuncture to be carried out by an operator wearing disposable non-latex gloves that have not previously been used with another client where the client is known by the operator to be infected with a blood-borne virus.