Offence to possess certain items in premises where tattooing services provided
21 Offence to possess certain items in premises where tattooing services provided
A person who has possession of a prescribed item in premises used to carry on a business in the course of which tattooing services are provided is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
In proceedings for an offence against subsection (1), it is a defence for the defendant to prove that he or she did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to have known, that the relevant premises were, at the relevant time, used to carry on a business in the course of which tattooing services are provided.
In this section—
prescribed item means—
a firearm (within the meaning of the Firearms Act 1977); or
explosive (within the meaning of the Explosives Act 1936); or
a dangerous article, offensive weapon or prohibited weapon (within the meaning of Part 3A of the Summary
Offences Act 1953); or
any other item prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
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