(1) A person must not, as part of a business transaction, perform
body piercing to any part of—
(a) the external genitalia of a female who is
a minor; or
(b) the penis or scrotal skin of a male who is a minor; or
(c)
the nipples of a minor.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—
(a) 40 penalty
units or 6 months imprisonment; or
(b) if the minor is a
person with an impairment of the mind or the minor’s decision-making
capacity is impaired because of alcohol or a drug—80 penalty units or 1
year’s imprisonment.
(2) It is not a defence to a prosecution of a person
for a charge of an offence against subsection (1) that the minor, or a parent
or guardian of the minor, consented to the body piercing.
(3) In this
section—
"body piercing" means the process of penetrating a person’s skin or mucous
membrane with a sharp instrument for the purpose of implanting jewellery or
other foreign material through or into the skin or mucous membrane.
Examples
of foreign material—
• a ring
• a bar
• a pin
• a stud
"genitalia" see the Criminal Code , section 1 .
"person with an impairment of the mind" see the Criminal Code , section 1 .