Part 8

Miscellaneous and general
Chapter 1

Miscellaneous

Other

Regulation of cosmetic piercing and skin-colouring businesses
120
1
Section 15 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30)
(regulation of tattooing, ear-piercing and electrolysis businesses) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)
(requirement for person carrying on business to be registered), for paragraph (b)
(ear-piercing) there is substituted—
aa
of semi-permanent skin-colouring;
b
of cosmetic piercing; or
(and in the side-note for “ear-piercing” there is substituted “ semi-permanent skin-colouring, cosmetic piercing ”).
3
In subsection (2)
(requirement to register premises where business carried on)—
a
for “ear-piercing” there is substituted “ semi-permanent skin-colouring, cosmetic piercing ”, and
b
for “pierce their ears” there is substituted “ carry out semi-permanent skin-colouring on them, pierce their bodies ”.
4
In subsection (5)
(local authority may not require particulars about individuals whose ears have been pierced etc.), for “or whose ears he has pierced” there is substituted “ , whose bodies he has pierced or on whom he has carried out semi-permanent skin-colouring ”.
5
After subsection (8) there is inserted—
9
In this section “semi-permanent skin-colouring” means the insertion of semi-permanent colouring into a person’s skin.
6
Schedule 6 (which makes provision about transition) has effect.
S. 120 in force at 1.4.2004 for W. by S.I. 2003/3034, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. II
S. 120 in force at 1.4.2004 for E. by S.I. 2003/2938, art. 7(a) (with art. 8, Sch.)