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Act index » Part I - Provisions applicable throughout Victoria » Division 5 - Tattooing of juveniles
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.
S. 42(1) amended by Nos. 9554 s. 2(2)(Sch. 2 item 331), 49/2008 s. 3(2).
(2)Nothing in this Division shall apply to any tattooing or other like process performed by or at the written request of a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the medical profession (other than as a student).
S. 42(2) amended by Nos 23/1994 s. 118(Sch. 1 item 55.1), 97/2005 s. 182(Sch. 4 item 49), 13/2010 s. 51(Sch. item 54.1).