Tattoo Parlours Amendment (Exemption) Regulation 2014 (NSW)

New South Wales

Tattoo Parlours Amendment (Exemption)

Regulation 2014

under the

Tattoo Parlours Act 2012

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Tattoo Parlours Act 2012.

MICHAEL GALLACHER, MLC

Minister for Police and Emergency Services

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to enable certain body art tattooists to participate in the 2014 Australian regulation-making power).

Tattoo & Body Art Expo to be held at Moore Park, Sydney even if they do not hold tattooist licences.
Tattoo Parlours Amendment (Exemption) Regulation 2014

under the

Tattoo Parlours Act 2012

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Tattoo Parlours Amendment (Exemption) Regulation 2014.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Tattoo Parlours Regulation 2013

Clause 30

Insert after clause 29:

30      2014 Australian Tattoo & Body Art Expo

(1) The performance of a body art tattooing procedure at the 2014 Australian Tattoo & Body Art Expo is prescribed as a circumstance for the purposes of section 7 (2) (b) of the Act if it is performed by an authorised participant.

Note. Section 7 (2) (b) of the Act enables the regulations to prescribe circumstances in which an individual will not be required have a tattooist licence to perform body art tattooing procedures for a fee or reward or at premises where an operator licence is in force.

(2)

An individual is an authorised participant for the purposes of subclause (1) if:

(a)	the identification details of the individual were provided by the Expo organiser to the Director-General at least 7 days before the commencement of the 2014 Australian Tattoo & Body Art Expo in accordance with any requirements of the Director-General, and
(b)	the Director-General did not provide the Expo organiser with written notice before the commencement of the Expo that the individual was an unsuitable person to participate as a body art tattooist at the Expo.

Note. Section 27 (Right to seek administrative review from Civil and Administrative Tribunal) is limited to decisions made by the Director-General concerning licences and therefore does not extend to a decision to issue a written notice referred to in this subclause.

(3)

Nothing in this clause limits clause 8 in its application to an individual to whom a permit has been granted under Division 2 of Part 2 authorising the individual to perform body art tattooing procedures at the 2014 Australian Tattoo & Body Art Expo.

(4)

In this clause:
Expo organiser means Toro Media.
identification details of an individual means the full name, residential address
and date of birth of the individual.
2014 Australian Tattoo & Body Art Expo means the 2014 Australian
Tattoo & Body Art Expo held at Moore Park, Sydney commencing on 7
March 2014 and ending on 9 March 2014 (inclusive).