This consultation ended 8 April 2024.
Reviewing responses
The responses to this consultation are currently being reviewed. Details of the outcome will be published here in due course.
Original consultation
We want your views on draft regulations and statutory guidance. These will establish a mandatory licensing scheme for acupuncture, body piercing, electrolysis and tattooing.
Consultation documents
The special procedure licences (Wales) regulations 202X, draft , file type: PDF, file size: 651 KB
The special procedures exempted individuals (Wales) regulations 202X, draft , file type: PDF, file size: 286 KB
The special procedures approved premises and vehicles (Wales) regulations 202X, draft , file type: PDF, file size: 774 KB
The special procedures licensing committee (Wales) regulations 202X, draft , file type: PDF, file size: 352 KB
The prescribed objects for body piercing (Wales) regulations 202X, draft , file type: PDF, file size: 194 KB
Additional information
We previously ran a consultation on the principles for establishing a mandatory licensing scheme for the named special procedures.
Regulations and statutory guidance have been drafted following that consultation. We invite you to comment on these drafts in this consultation. After this, we will start the law making process in the Senedd.
Part 4 of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 sets out the legal framework. The intention is to commence part 4 of the act and put in place the licensing scheme as a whole.
This consultation will run for 8 weeks.
Help and support
Large print, Braille and alternative language versions of this document are available on request.
For more information about this consultation e-mail SpecialProceduresMailbox@gov.wales.