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N.I.
Statutory Instruments
[26th July 1979]
1. This Order may be cited as the Tattooing of Minors (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 -� Commencement -�
2.-(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) In this Order-
"medical practitioner" means a fully registered person within the meaning of section 54(1) of the Medical Act 1956 [1956 c.76] ;
"minor" means a person under the age of 18;
"tattoo" means the insertion into the skin of any colouring material designed to leave a permanent mark.
3.-(1) Subject to Article 4, any person who tattoos a minor shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding[F1 five hundred pounds].
Annotations:
F11984 NI 3
4. A person shall not be guilty of an offence under Article 3-
(a)if he reasonably believes that the minor is not under the age of 18; or
(b)if, being a medical practitioner or working under the direction of a medical practitioner, he performs the tattoo for medical reasons.
