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South Australia
Summary Offences (Piercing and Scarification) Amendment
Bill 2008
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Summary Offences Act 1953.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short
title
2 Commencement
3 Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Summary Offences
Act 1953
4 Substitution of heading to Part 4
5 Amendment
of section 21A—Tattooing or scarifying of minors prohibited
6 Insertion
of section 21B
21B Piercing of minors
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Summary Offences (Piercing and
Scarification) Amendment Act 2008.
This Act will come into operation 1 month after the date of
assent.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Summary Offences
Act 1953
4—Substitution of
heading to Part 4
Heading to Part 4—delete the heading and substitute:
Part 4—Tattooing, piercing etc
5—Amendment of
section 21A—Tattooing or scarifying of minors
prohibited
(1) Section 21A(1)—after "tattoos" insert:
or scarifies
(2) Section 21A(1)—after "tattoo" insert:
or scarification
(3) Section 21A(2)—after "tattoo" insert:
or scarification
(4) Section 21A(2)—after "tattooed" insert:
or scarified
(5) Section 21A—after subsection (2) insert:
(3) In this section—
scarification includes branding.
After section 21A insert:
21B—Piercing of minors
(1) A person must not pierce any part of the body of a minor unless the
minor is accompanied by a parent or guardian and the parent or guardian consents
to the piercing of that part of the minor's body.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
(2) This section does not apply in relation to a piercing performed for a
medical or therapeutic purpose.
(3) It is a defence to a charge of an offence under this section to prove
that, at the time the piercing was performed, the defendant had reasonable cause
to believe, and did believe, that the person pierced was of or over the age of
18 years.
(4) In this section—
parent includes a person in loco parentis.