TATTOO PARLOURS ACT 2012 - SECT 13
Fingerprinting and palm printing of applicants
TATTOO PARLOURS ACT 2012 - SECT 13
Fingerprinting and palm printing of applicants
13 Fingerprinting and palm printing of applicants
(1) An applicant for a licence must consent to having his or her fingerprints
and palm prints taken by a police officer in order to confirm the applicant's
identity.
(2) The Secretary must refuse to determine an application for a
licence if the applicant refuses to be fingerprinted and palm printed.
(3)
Any fingerprints or palm prints obtained from an applicant in accordance with
this section who is granted a licence may be used by the Commissioner for any
purpose that the Commissioner sees fit.
(4) A person who formerly held a
licence, but is not currently a licensee, may apply to the Commissioner to
have any of his or her fingerprints or palm prints obtained in accordance with
this section and any copies of them destroyed.
(5) The Commissioner may grant
or refuse an application under subsection (4) as the Commissioner sees fit.
(6) If an application for a licence is withdrawn or refused, the Commissioner
is to ensure that any fingerprints or palm prints that are obtained in
accordance with this section, and any copies of them, are destroyed as soon as
is practicable after the application is withdrawn or refused.
(7) As soon as
practicable after any fingerprints or palm prints (or any copies of them) are
destroyed in accordance with subsection (6), the Commissioner is to notify the
applicant in writing that those fingerprints or palm prints (and those copies,
if any) have been destroyed.
