Children and Community Services Amendment (Body Piercing) Bill 2007

Bill No.

230

Synopsis

The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Children and the Community Services Act 2004, in order to make it an offence for a person to pierce any part of the body of a child (defined in the Act as a person under the age of 18) without obtaining written consent of the child's parent. The Bill will provide the same penalty for body piercing a child under the age of 18 as already exists for tattooing or branding a child.

Private Members Bill introduced by Dr Janet May Woollard

Status

Referred to the Community Development and Justice Standing Committee
This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent

Bill History

Download the Bill as Introduced

Explanatory Memorandum presented in the Legislative Assembly

Click here for Second Reading speech presented in the Legislative Assembly (p. 4501b)

Acts Amended by this Bill (Blue Bills)

Related Committee Activity

Legislative Council Supplementary Notice Paper

Messages regarding this Bill

Progress

Legislative Assembly

Date

Introduced

29 Aug 2007

First Reading

29 Aug 2007

Second Reading

29 Aug 2007

Second Reading Agreed

07 May 2008

Other Procedures

Date

Note No.

Referred to the Community Development and Justice Standing Committee

07 May 2008

Superseded Legislative Council Supplementary Notice Papers (SNPs)

Comparisons between versions of Bills

Conference of Managers

Notes