# Public Health (Wales) Act 2017, Section 96: What is an intimate piercing?


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2017/2/section/96 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-wales-act-2017/section-96
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