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Public Health (Infection Control for Personal Appearance Services) Act 2003
sec.12Meaning of body piercing
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### sec.12 Meaning of body piercing
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.
However, it does not include the process of piercing a person’s ear or nose with a closed piercing instrument that—
does not come into contact with the person’s skin or mucous membrane; and
is fitted with a sterilised single-use disposable cartridge containing sterilised jewellery and fittings.
(sec.12-ssec.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.
(sec.12-ssec.2) However, it does not include the process of piercing a person’s ear or nose with a closed piercing instrument that— does not come into contact with the person’s skin or mucous membrane; and is fitted with a sterilised single-use disposable cartridge containing sterilised jewellery and fittings.
- (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.