sec.18Particular body piercing of minor prohibited

### sec.18 Particular body piercing of minor prohibited A person must not, as part of a business transaction, perform body piercing to any part of— the external genitalia of a minor; or the nipples of a minor. Maximum penalty— 40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment; or if the minor is a person with an impairment of the mind or the minor’s decision-making capacity is impaired because of alcohol or a drug—80 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. It is not a defence to a prosecution of a person for a charge of an offence against subsection (1) that the minor, or a parent or guardian of the minor, consented to the body piercing. In this section— 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. a ring a bar a pin a stud genitalia see the Criminal Code , section 1 . person with an impairment of the mind see the Criminal Code , section 1 . s 18 amd 2008 No. 55 s 147 ; 2024 No. 24 s 54 (sec.18-ssec.1) A person must not, as part of a business transaction, perform body piercing to any part of— the external genitalia of a minor; or the nipples of a minor. Maximum penalty— 40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment; or if the minor is a person with an impairment of the mind or the minor’s decision-making capacity is impaired because of alcohol or a drug—80 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. (sec.18-ssec.2) It is not a defence to a prosecution of a person for a charge of an offence against subsection (1) that the minor, or a parent or guardian of the minor, consented to the body piercing. (sec.18-ssec.3) In this section— 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. a ring a bar a pin a stud genitalia see the Criminal Code , section 1 . person with an impairment of the mind see the Criminal Code , section 1 . - (a) the external genitalia of a minor; or - (b) the nipples of a minor. - (a) 40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment; or - (b) if the minor is a person with an impairment of the mind or the minor’s decision-making capacity is impaired because of alcohol or a drug—80 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. - • a ring - • a bar - • a pin - • a stud