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(1) The title of these Regulations is the Prescribed Objects for Body Piercing (Special Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 29 November 2024.
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Any object that is not jewellery is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (b) in the definition of “body piercing” in section 94(1) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017, but only insofar as that definition applies for the purposes of Part 4 of that Act (special procedures).
Jeremy Miles
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, one of the Welsh Ministers
27 November 2024