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PUBLIC HEALTH (INFECTION CONTROL FOR PERSONAL APPEARANCE SERVICES) ACT 2003 - SECT 12

Meaning of body piercing

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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