New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 230

230 Tattooing of children and young persons

(1) In this section, "tattooing" means any procedure the purpose of which is to make a permanent mark on the skin of a person, and includes the procedures known as scarification, branding and beading.

(2) A person must not perform tattooing on any part of a child’s or young person’s body unless the person has first obtained the consent of a parent of the child or young person, given in accordance with this section, to the tattooing of the child or young person in that manner and on that part of the child’s or young person’s body.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.

(3) The consent of a parent to the tattooing must be given in person by a parent accompanying the child or young person or in writing.