Section 96 What is an intimate piercing?I1

(1)

For the purposes of section 95, an intimate piercing is a body piercing performed on an intimate body part listed in subsection (2), where performed otherwise than in the course of a medical procedure.

(2)

The intimate body parts are the—

(a)

anus;

(b)

breast (including the nipple and areola);

(c)

buttock;

(d)

natal cleft;

(e)

penis (including the foreskin);

(f)

perineum;

(g)

pubic mound;

(h)

scrotum;

(i)

tongue;

(j)

vulva.

(3)

In this section “body piercing”has the meaning given in section 94.

(4)

For the purposes of this section a medical procedure is a procedure carried out by a registered medical practitioner, registered nurse or registered midwife, for the purposes of, or in connection with—

(a)

the diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease, ill-health, disability, or other physical or mental abnormality, or

(b)

birth control.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 96 in force at 1.2.2018 by S.I. 2018/1, art. 2(a)