Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Summary Offences Act 1966 - SECT 42

Tattooing of juveniles

42. Tattooing of juveniles



(1AA) In this section-

beading means the cutting of the skin of a person and the insertion of an
object beneath the skin to produce a lump; branding means the application of
heat, cold or a substance to the skin of a person to produce scar tissue; like
process includes scarification, tongue splitting, branding and beading; person
means a living human being; scarification means the cutting of the skin of a
person to create scar tissue; tongue splitting means the cutting of the tongue
of a person to divide the tongue, or part of the tongue, into 2 or more
segments.

(1) Any person who performs any tattooing or like process on any person under
the age of eighteen years shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.

(2) Nothing in this Division shall apply to any tattooing or other like
process performed by or at the written request of a medical practitioner
registered under the Health Professions Registration Act 2005.



Division 6-Body piercing