Issue - meetings

Report by Maggie Rae, Corporate Director.

With the Chairman’s permission, Councillor Keith Humphries, Cabinet member for Public Health, Protection Services, Adult Care and Housing presented a report which asked Council to approve the re-adoption of sections 14 – 17 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 and for the making of new byelaws to regulate premises carrying out various skin piercing activities.

These measures would allow the Council to regulate the cleanliness and hygienic practices of premises on which skin-piercing businesses are operating. The Byelaws had been considered and recommended by the Licensing Committee on 2 June 2014.

Councillor Pip Ridout, Chairman of the Licensing Committee confirmed that the proposals had been considered fully by the Licensing Committee.

Resolved:

That Council:

a)            formally re-adopt the provisions of sections 14 to 17 of the Local Government ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1982, providing for the regulation of premises conducting acupuncture, tattooing, semi-permanent skin-colouring, cosmetic piercing and electrolysis, to come into effect on 1^st October 2014;

b)           agree to make a consolidated set of byelaws for the regulation of acupuncture, tattooing, semi-permanent skin colouring, cosmetic piercing and electrolysis, as set out in the model byelaws attached as Appendix 1 to report as presented, for submission to the Secretary of State for Health for confirmation, following the completion of the process to re-adopt the relevant sections of the 1982 Act and

c)            agree that the current byelaws relating to cosmetic piercing and semi-permanent skin colouring, which had previously been made by the predecessor district councils, as set out in the table in paragraph 6. of the proposed new byelaws, be revoked on the confirmation of the new model byelaws.