Insiza Rural District Council (Hairdresser’s, Beautician‘s and Barber’s Shop) By-laws, 2025

These by-laws require hairdressers, beauticians and barbers in the Insiza Rural District Council area to operate only from licensed premises, with applications supported by a health inspector's report.

Licences may be issued for up to a year, may be refused or cancelled where the holder breaches the by-laws or is convicted under them, and licensees are graded into Class A (a qualified hairdresser), Class B and Class C, with chemical use restricted by class. The by-laws set premises requirements, personal hygiene requirements for operators, a duty to consent to medical examination when the health officer requires it, and provide for closure of premises that fail health requirements.

Fees are stated per quarter for applications — all printed as nil — and annually for licences: US$40 for a barber, beautician or hairdresser at a growth point, and US$30 at other service centres, with renewals at the same rate.

Penalties are US$50 for operating without a licence and for failing to renew, US$20 for failing to display the licence and US$10 for failing to display classes. The remaining entries are printed as US$0,00 — including failing to sterilise instruments between customers, failing to wash hands, using chemicals as a Class B licensee, attending to or employing a person with an apparent infectious skin or hair condition, and refusing a medical examination. As published, therefore, the hygiene offences carry the duty but no fine, in sharp contrast to Murewa's by-laws of the same season, which set US$800 for the infectious-disease offences.