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Public Health (Wales) Act 2017, Section 96 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 15 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

96What is an intimate piercing?E+W

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(1)For the purposes of section 95, an intimate piercing is a body piercing performed on an intimate body part listed in subsection (2), where performed otherwise than in the course of a medical procedure.

(2)The intimate body parts are the—

(a)anus;

(b)breast (including the nipple and areola);

(c)buttock;

(d)natal cleft;

(e)penis (including the foreskin);

(f)perineum;

(g)pubic mound;

(h)scrotum;

(i)tongue;

(j)vulva.

(3)In this section “body piercing”has the meaning given in section 94.

(4)For the purposes of this section a medical procedure is a procedure carried out by a registered medical practitioner, registered nurse or registered midwife, for the purposes of, or in connection with—

(a)the diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease, ill-health, disability, or other physical or mental abnormality, or

(b)birth control.

Commencement Information

I1S. 96 in force at 1.2.2018 by S.I. 2018/1, art. 2(a)

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