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PUBLIC HEALTH (INFECTION CONTROL FOR PERSONAL APPEARANCE SERVICES) ACT 2003 - SECT 12
Meaning of body piercing
(1)
"Body piercing" means the process of penetrating a person’s skin or mucous
membrane with a sharp instrument for the purpose of implanting jewellery or
other foreign material through or into the skin or mucous membrane.
(2)
However, it does not include the process of piercing a person’s ear or nose
with a closed piercing instrument that— (a) does not come into contact with
the person’s skin or mucous membrane; and
(b) is fitted with a sterilised
single-use disposable cartridge containing sterilised jewellery and fittings.
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