Victorian Numbered Acts

SUMMARY OFFENCES AMENDMENT (TATTOOING AND BODY PIERCING) ACT 2008 (NO. 49 OF 2008) - SECT 3

See:
Act No.
7405.
Reprint No. 9
as at
14 September 2005
and amending
Act Nos
16/2004, 97/2005, 23/2006, 24/2006, 32/2006, 63/2006, 49/2007, 8/2008 and 9/2008.
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    (1)     Before section 42(1) of the Summary Offences Act 1966 insert —

    "(1AA)     In this section—

"beading" means the cutting of the skin of a person and the insertion of an object beneath the skin to produce a lump;

"branding" means the application of heat, cold or a substance to the skin of a person to produce scar tissue;

"like process" includes scarification, tongue splitting, branding and beading;

"person" means a living human being;

"scarification" means the cutting of the skin of a person to create scar tissue;

"tongue splitting "means the cutting of the tongue of a person to divide the tongue, or part of the tongue, into 2 or more segments.".

    (2)     In the penalty set out at the foot of section 42(1) of the Summary Offences Act 1966 , for "5 penalty units" substitute "60 penalty units".