2.—(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.
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 2(1)(b) substituted (12.12.2006) by The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Skin Piercing and Tattooing) Amendment Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/604), arts. 1(1), 2(3) (with art. 3)