Licensing of activityS

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.