Licensing of activity2.

(1)

The activity specified in paragraph (2) is hereby designated as an activity for which a licence under Part I of the 1982 Act shall be required, but no such licence shall be required–

(a)

in respect of the carrying on of that activity before 1st April 2006; or

F1(b)

for the carrying on of that activity by a regulated health care professional.

(2)

The activity referred to in paragraph (1) is the carrying on of a business which provides skin piercing or tattooing.