Apply for a personal certificate of registration

● apply for a personal certificate of registration for acupuncture, tattooing, semi-permanent skin colouring, piercing, electrolysis, hairdressing or barbers under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisiont) Act 1982 and County of Cleveland Act 1987

Registering takes around 15 minutes.

● your contact details

● the premises details

● a colour passport styled photo

● a debit or credit card to pay the fee

The fee for a personal registration application is £50

An application form must be completed for each individual person engaged in a practice.

If you require registration for more than one of the practices specified, you must submit a separate application for each practice.

Each premises will need to obtain registration, complete the premises registration application form (opens in new tab) for each premises.

The council will arrange for an inspection of the premises to be carried out on receipt of the application.

You must display a copy of your certificate (or licence) and any bylaws in a prominent place on your premises. If you fail to do so you could be fined.

The Council uses your information in accordance with the Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulation. For more details on how we use your personal information please view our Privacy Notices page (opens in new tab).