230ABody piercing of children

230A Body piercing of children

230A Body piercing of children

(1) In this section, body piercing means piercing a part of the body of a person to insert a ring, bar or other thing through that body part.

(2) A person must not perform body piercing on any part of—

(a) the genitalia of a child, or

(b) the nipples of a child.

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

Note.

An offence against subsection (2) committed by a corporation is an executive liability offence attracting executive liability for a director or other person involved in the management of the corporation—see section 258.

(3) It is not a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (2) that the child or a parent of the child consented to the body piercing of the child.

(4) A person must not perform body piercing on any other part of a child’s body unless the person has first obtained the consent of a parent of the child, given in accordance with this section, to the body piercing of that part of the child’s body.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(5) The consent of a parent to the body piercing must be given in person by a parent accompanying the child or in writing.

(6) This section does not apply in relation to any body piercing performed for a medical purpose.

s 230A: Ins 2008 No 78, Sch 1 [2]. Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.3 [13].