{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hairdressers-registration-act-1964/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hairdressers-registration-act-1964/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1964/89",
  "legislation_title": "Hairdressers (Registration) Act 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hairdressers-registration-act-1964",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—\n...\n“functions” includes powers and duties;\n“hairdressing” means the following:—\nshaving, cutting, shampooing, tinting, dyeing, bleaching, waving, curling, straightening, setting, or dressing of the hair, upon the scalp or face, with or without the aid of any apparatus or appliance, preparation or substance; the hand or vibro massage of the scalp or face;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by rules under this Act;\n“the register” means the register of hairdressers to be maintained in pursuance of section 2 of this Act;\n“registered person” means a person who is registered under section 3 of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 15 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 16 Group 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/89/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:58:24.356105+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."
}