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Summary Offences Act 2005
sec.19Tattooing minor prohibited
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### sec.19 Tattooing minor prohibited
A person must not perform tattooing on a minor.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.
In this section—
tattooing —
means the process of penetrating a person’s skin and inserting into it colour pigments to make a permanent mark, pattern or design on the skin; and
includes any process that penetrates the skin and inserts into it colour pigments to make a semipermanent mark, pattern or design on the skin including for example—
the process known as cosmetic tattooing; or
the process for applying semipermanent make-up.
(sec.19-ssec.1) A person must not perform tattooing on a minor. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.
(sec.19-ssec.2) In this section— tattooing — means the process of penetrating a person’s skin and inserting into it colour pigments to make a permanent mark, pattern or design on the skin; and includes any process that penetrates the skin and inserts into it colour pigments to make a semipermanent mark, pattern or design on the skin including for example— the process known as cosmetic tattooing; or the process for applying semipermanent make-up.
- (a) means the process of penetrating a person’s skin and inserting into it colour pigments to make a permanent mark, pattern or design on the skin; and
- (b) includes any process that penetrates the skin and inserts into it colour pigments to make a semipermanent mark, pattern or design on the skin including for example— (i) the process known as cosmetic tattooing; or (ii) the process for applying semipermanent make-up.
- (i) the process known as cosmetic tattooing; or
- (ii) the process for applying semipermanent make-up.
- (i) the process known as cosmetic tattooing; or
- (ii) the process for applying semipermanent make-up.