Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person tattoos a part of another person's body; and
(b) the other person is a child or young person; and
(c) the person does not have agreement, in writing, from a person who has daily care responsibility, or long-term care responsibility, for the child or young person, to—
(i) tattoo that part of the child's or young person's body; or
(ii) tattoo the child or young person in that way.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against this section if the defendant proves that—
(a) before tattooing the person, the person had shown a document of identification to the defendant; and
(b) the defendant had no reasonable grounds for believing that the document was not a genuine document of identification of the person.
(4) In this section:
"document of identification", of a person, means a document that—
(a) is—
(i) an Australian driver licence or a licence to drive a motor vehicle (however described) issued under the law of an external Territory or a foreign country; or
(ii) a proof of identity card under the Liquor Act 2010
or a corresponding document issued under the law of a State; or
(iii) a passport; and
(b) contains a photograph that could reasonably be taken to be of the person; and
(c) indicates that the person to whom the document was issued is at least 18 years old.