You will need this registration if you intend to operate a hairdressing, beauty therapy or body art business. Hairdressing is any activity that is not a surgical or medical procedure that maintains, alters or enhances a person's appearance in relation to their facial or scalp hair, including hair:
- cutting
- trimming
- removing
- colouring.
Beauty therapy is any activity intended to maintain, alter or enhance a person's appearance other than a cosmetic surgical or medical procedure, including:
- facials
- body wraps
- exfoliation or microdermabrasion
- manicures or pedicures
- epilation, waxing or threading
Body art is defined as an activity that permanently decorates or adorns a person's skin or permanently alters their appearance other than a surgical or medical procedure, including:
- tattooing
- body piercing
- ear-piercing.
