🇦🇺State: New South Wales
Compliance for New South Wales Studios
Syyn covers New South Wales compliance requirements for tattoo and piercing studios, including age rules, licensing, sterilisation tracking, and record-keeping.
Compliance Requirements
Age and Consent Rules
- Tattoo: consent allowed, mode: dual pathway (written OR in-person).
- Piercing: consent allowed (age 16+), mode: dual pathway (written OR in-person).
- Intimate piercing: 18+ only.
- NSW: Tattoo consent for minors can be provided either in writing or in person by a parent/guardian.
- NSW: Tattoo consent for minors must specify procedure style/manner and body location.
- NSW: Non-intimate piercing under 16 requires parent/guardian consent (in writing or in person). Consent must specify body part to be pierced.
Licensing Requirements
- NSW requires tattooist licences issued by SLED (Security Licensing & Enforcement Directorate). Licences expire on 1/3/5yr terms. Premises registration through local council.
- Practitioner licence required (Tattooist Licence Number (SLED)).
Sterilisation and Record-Keeping
- Sterilisation records required.
- Retention period: 12 months.
- Weekly biological indicator (spore) testing mandatory. Records must include cycle type, date, duration, temperature, and operator.
Session Documentation
- Written aftercare instructions required for tattoo procedures.
- Ink batch number recording required.
Key Legislation
- Tattoo Industry Act 2012 + Tattoo Industry Regulation 2023
- Public Health Act 2010 + Public Health Regulation 2022
- Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 ss230/230A/230B
Information is operational guidance only and not legal advice.
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