{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/botulinum-toxin-and-cosmetic-fillers-children-act-2021/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/botulinum-toxin-and-cosmetic-fillers-children-act-2021/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/19",
  "legislation_title": "Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/botulinum-toxin-and-cosmetic-fillers-children-act-2021",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Offence of administering certain substances to a child",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person to administer, in England, to another person (“A”)—\n(a) botulinum toxin, or\n(b) a subcutaneous, submucous or intradermal injection of a filler for a cosmetic purpose,\nwhere A is under the age of 18.\n(2) A “filler” is any substance used for dermal or mucous membrane filling (whether or not designed to be so used).\n(3) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), an injection of a filler is, in particular, to be taken to be for a cosmetic purpose if—\n(a) the filler is generally used for such a purpose, or\n(b) the likely effect of the injection is to alter the appearance of the person injected.\n(4) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to show that at the time of the alleged offence—\n(a) the defendant was a registered medical practitioner,\n(b) the defendant was a regulated health professional who, in administering the botulinum toxin or the filler (as the case may be), was acting in accordance with the directions of a registered medical practitioner, or\n(c) the defendant—\n(i) had taken reasonable steps to establish A's age, and\n(ii) reasonably believed that A was aged 18 or over.\n(5) A person is taken to have shown a matter mentioned in subsection (4) if—\n(a) sufficient evidence of the matter is adduced to raise an issue with respect to it, and\n(b) the contrary is not proved beyond reasonable doubt.\n(6) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.\n(7) In this section “regulated health professional” means—\n(a) a registered nurse;\n(b) a registered dentist within the meaning of the Dentists Act 1984 (see section 53 of that Act);\n(c) a registered pharmacist within the meaning of the Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/231) (see article 3 of that Order);\n(d) a registered person within the meaning of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1213 (N.I. 22)) (see Article 2 of that Order).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 1.10.2021 by S.I. 2021/1004, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/19/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:58:45.166751+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}