Valid from 01/02/2018
96What is an intimate piercing?E+W
(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.