8AAdvertising body art tattooing

8A Advertising body art tattooing

8A Advertising body art tattooing

(1) A person must not advertise that the person carries on a body art tattooing business at premises unless the person is the holder of a master licence.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a corporation—100 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—50 penalty units.

(2) The holder of a master licence must ensure an advertisement for the holder’s body art tattooing business includes the licence number for the master licence to which the advertisement relates.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a corporation—100 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—50 penalty units.

(3) A person must not advertise that the person performs, or is willing to perform, a body art tattooing procedure referred to in the advertisement unless the person is—

(a) an individual who carries out the procedure as a self-employed individual at premises for which the individual holds a master licence, or

(b) the holder of—

(i) a tattooist licence, or

(ii) a permit.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(4) An individual who carries out a body art tattooing procedure as a self-employed individual must ensure that an advertisement for a body art tattooing procedure performed by the individual contains the licence number for the master licence to which the advertisement relates.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(5) The holder of a tattooist licence or the holder of a permit must ensure an advertisement for a body art tattooing procedure performed by the holder contains the licence number or permit number for the holder to whom the advertisement relates.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(6) In this section—

advertisement includes a reference to any form of notice or statement in the nature of an advertisement.

Example of an advertisement—

a notice or statement on a social media platform that takes the nature of an advertisement about the performance of a body art tattooing procedure

s 8A: Ins 2022 No 10, Sch 1[13].