Tattooing of Minors (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (No. 926 (N.I. 10))

1979 No. 926 (N.I. 10)

Tattooing of Minors (Northern Ireland) Order 1979

[26th July 1979]

Title and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Tattooing of Minors (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 … Commencement …

Interpretation

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.

Prohibition of tattooing of minors

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:
F1	1984 NI 3

Defences

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.

Version no	Start date	End date	Extent	Confers power	Blanket amendment
> 1	01/01/2006		N.I.	N	N

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