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I’m all set up now (a) What about the legal issues? There are a number of important legal requirements that affect body piercing treatments, and you must adhere to these to operate legally and safely: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ For body piercing, tattooing and micropigmentation treatments you are required to register your activities under Local Government bylaws, enforced by the Local Authority 1 . Your local environmental health department can advise you on these requirements; The registration process usually involves an initial visit from an environmental health inspector, who will want to check the suitability of your premises, fittings, equipment and will verify the experience of the persons carrying on the business; Businesses are inspected to ensure that they comply with the bylaws, but the inspector can also offer advice and answer any questions you might have; Any home visits that you make must not make up the majority of your work, and by legal definition can only be undertaken ‘sometimes’ and not ‘often’. A piercer who's main business takes them out of their registered premises for the main part of their working time would therefore be breaking the terms of their Local Authority registration; Legally, the equipment you use for body piercing in peoples' homes, as well as the working conditions, e.g. a couch for the client to lie on, should match those of your permanent premises. This is to ensure that any hygiene risks associated with mobile body piercing are minimised; Girls and boys under the age of 16 cannot legally give consent to intimate sexual contact under any circumstances 2 , so piercing of nipples and genitalia (for girls) or genitalia (for boys) can be regarded as an assault offence. Although only proof that such contact was for sexual gratification would likely constitute an indecent assault, such piercings should be avoided and proof of age should always be asked for if you are in any doubt; Guidance for operators / Body Piercing 22
I’m all set up now (b) What about the legal issues? ■ ■ ■ Unless byelaws or local registration prohibits, the law does allow children under the age of 18 to consent to body piercing provided they are sufficiently mature to understand the nature of the request. This kind of assessment is clearly a subjective matter for the operator involved. The client should be provided with sufficient information to allow them to proceed in an informed way and without pressure. The presence of a parent or guardian, however, is recommended during any such procedure, to avoid conflicts later; Genital piercing should be by appointment only. Advise clients to bring a chaperone to help ensure there is no misunderstanding or allegation of impropriety; Body piercers should be aware that, based on the legal proceedings of Brown (1994) - where the Court ruled that one could not consent to the infliction of grievous bodily harm - it is likely that scarification, branding and related activities would be regarded as illegal under UK law. The Courts have not been asked to rule on these as commercial activities, but as the can be so extreme, the Courts could classify such levels of violence and harm to be unacceptable to public policyΨ; ■ The Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act (1985) states that female genital mutilation; cutting, piercing or otherwise surgically modifying genitalia for non-medical reasons is, illegal. Therefore, piercing the female genitalia could be deemed an offence in a court of law; 23 Body Piercing / Guidance for operators
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Page 3 and 4: Introduction (a) How can this bookl
Page 5 and 6: What do I need to do to ensure safe
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