The purpose of this Act is to amend the Summary Offences Act 1966 —
(a) to prohibit the practices of scarification, tongue splitting, branding and beading on persons under the age of 18 years;
(b) to increase the maximum penalty for the offence of tattooing of persons under the age of 18 years;
(c) to prohibit the intimate body piercing of persons under the age of 18 years;
(d) to insert new offences concerning other body piercing of persons under the age of 16 years.