Queensland Numbered Acts

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 2005 No. 4 - SECT 19

(1) A person must not perform tattooing on a minor.

Maximum penalty--40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.

(2) In this section--

tattooing--

(a) means the process of penetrating a person's skin and inserting into it colour pigments to make a permanent mark, pattern or design on the skin; and

(b) includes any process that penetrates the skin and inserts into it colour pigments to make a semipermanent mark, pattern or design on the skin including for example--

(i) the process known as cosmetic tattooing; or

(ii) the process for applying semipermanent make-up.