Tattoo Industry Act 2013
sec.47Long-term closure of body art tattooing businesses
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sec.47 Long-term closure of body art tattooing businesses
A magistrate may, on the application of the commissioner, order that stated premises be closed for a stated period if the magistrate is satisfied that— a body art tattooing business is being carried on at the premises without the authority of an operator licence; or there have been, or there are likely to be, serious criminal offences committed at or in connection with the premises. An application may be made regardless of whether an interim closure order is, or has been, in force in relation to the premises. s 47 amd 2016 No. 62 s 436 (sec.47-ssec.1) A magistrate may, on the application of the commissioner, order that stated premises be closed for a stated period if the magistrate is satisfied that— a body art tattooing business is being carried on at the premises without the authority of an operator licence; or there have been, or there are likely to be, serious criminal offences committed at or in connection with the premises. (sec.47-ssec.2) An application may be made regardless of whether an interim closure order is, or has been, in force in relation to the premises.
- (a) a body art tattooing business is being carried on at the premises without the authority of an operator licence; or
- (b) there have been, or there are likely to be, serious criminal offences committed at or in connection with the premises.