🇳🇿Council: Auckland
Compliance for Auckland Studios
Syyn covers Auckland compliance requirements for tattoo and piercing studios, including council bylaws, age rules, and record-keeping.
Compliance Requirements
Age and Consent Rules
- Tattoo: 18+ without consent; parental consent path: written consent.
- Piercing: 16+ without consent; parental consent path: written consent.
- Intimate piercing: 18+ only.
Licensing Requirements
- Premises registration required (Health Protection Licence).
- Annual renewal required.
- Auckland Council Health Protection Licence. $519/yr. Annual inspections.
Sterilisation and Record-Keeping
- Sterilisation records required.
- Retention period: 24 months.
- Autoclave servicing every 6 months. Chemical indicator strips per cycle. Spore testing required.
Session Documentation
- Written aftercare instructions required.
Key Legislation
- Health and Hygiene Bylaw 2013 (amended 2019) + 15 Codes of Practice
- Health Act 1956 s64; Local Government Act 2002
- Scleral tattoos restricted to ophthalmologists (2019 amendment)
Information is operational guidance only and not legal advice.
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