Proposed changes to the Health and Hygiene Bylaw

This consultation closed to feedback on 1 October 2018.

A large amount of the public feedback on the consultation focused on:

• health protection
• tatau
• eyeball tattoo
• massage.

Bylaw changes

Auckland Council's Governing Body decided on 22 November 2018 to make the following main changes to the Bylaw:

• banning eyeball tattooing unless carried out by an ophthalmologist
• requiring services that pierce, or risk breaking or burning tissue (not just the skin) to be licensed from 1 March 2019
• requiring licences to be publicly displayed from 1 March 2019
• requiring therapeutic massage, water play parks and splash pads to meet minimum standards to be developed in consultation with operators in 2019
• clarifying that tā moko is a significant cultural practice that must be authorised either by marae or council
• clarifying that traditional tattooing is a significant cultural practice that continues to be authorised by council for health protection.

Further information

For more details:

• on the decision, read the Governing Body agenda and minutes for its meeting on 22 November 2018, Item 10
• on the consideration of public feedback to proposed changes, read the Panel agenda for its meeting on 26 October 2018
• on the updated bylaw go to the Health and Hygiene Bylaw page.