Tattooing and body piercing
Today was Environmental Services Committee, which I chair, and amongst the many items on the agenda was the regulation of tattooists and body piercers, which also includes those doing electrolysis.
Such is the range of activites that we have to oversee, that the Executive have given us this responsibility at very short notice to bring in the appropriate monitoring regime.
Ignoring the fact that our one local tattooist is in semi-permanent retirement, no-one as far as we can tell) still does electrolysis, we are left imposing rules, regulations and inspections on those putting ear studs into willing victims.
Sometimes you ask yourself "Why?"
On the up side, we managed to ensure a young couple were able to build their house despite SEPA trying to stop them on grounds that the Committee considered to be short-sighted. If SEPA had had their way, the deposit for the house may have been lost and the couple would have had to wait until at least next year to try to build a family home. I count that as a success, and it makes it all worth while.
Such is the range of activites that we have to oversee, that the Executive have given us this responsibility at very short notice to bring in the appropriate monitoring regime.
Ignoring the fact that our one local tattooist is in semi-permanent retirement, no-one as far as we can tell) still does electrolysis, we are left imposing rules, regulations and inspections on those putting ear studs into willing victims.
Sometimes you ask yourself "Why?"
On the up side, we managed to ensure a young couple were able to build their house despite SEPA trying to stop them on grounds that the Committee considered to be short-sighted. If SEPA had had their way, the deposit for the house may have been lost and the couple would have had to wait until at least next year to try to build a family home. I count that as a success, and it makes it all worth while.
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