New South Wales Consolidated Acts

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

230A Body piercing of children

(1) In this section, "body piercing" means piercing a part of the body of a person to insert a ring, bar or other thing through that body part.

(2) A person must not perform body piercing on any part of:

(a) the genitalia of a child, or

(b) the nipples of a child.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.

(3) It is not a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (2) that the child or a parent of the child consented to the body piercing of the child.

(4) A person must not perform body piercing on any other part of a child’s body unless the person has first obtained the consent of a parent of the child, given in accordance with this section, to the body piercing of that part of the child’s body.

Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.

(5) The consent of a parent to the body piercing must be given in person by a parent accompanying the child or in writing.

(6) This section does not apply in relation to any body piercing performed for a medical purpose.