Hairdresser Registration
Hairdresser Registration
Licence summary : If you operate as a hairdresser in Northern Ireland, you must be registered with your local district council.
Local district councils can make by-laws relating to the following: inspecting premises ensuring the premises are sufficiently clean, lit and ventilated detailing precautions to be made in relation to protecting against contamination or infection ensuring that anyone employed in such a business has sufficient training on how to use tools and apparatus and for hygienic working methods to require insurance to be in place against third party liabilities. Authorised officers of the district council will have the power to enter and inspect premises.
Eligibility Criteria:
No provision in legislation
Regulations: The Hairdressers Act (Northern Ireland) 1939
Hairdressers Act (Northern Ireland) 1939 (Chapter 3)
Application Evaluation Process
An inspection or the premises will be carried out before the premises may receive their registration certificate.
Will Tacit Consent Apply?
No. It is in the public interest that the authority must process your application before it can be granted. If you have not heard from the local authority within a reasonable period, please contact it. You can do this online here if you applied through the UK Welcomes service or use the contact details below.
Apply online
Tell us about a change to your existing hairdressers : if you have changed premises you will to apply again otherwise please contact the council in the first instance
Fee: free
Failed Application Redress: You are advised to take up any issue with the local district council first.
Licence Holder Redress: Please contact your local district council in the first instance.
If a licence holder is convicted of an offence in a Magistrates court and the court cancel the registration, the licence holder may appeal against the cancellation to the court they were convicted in.
Consumer Complaint
We would always advise that in the event of a complaint the first contact is made with the district council by you - preferably in the form a letter (with proof of delivery). If that has not worked, if you are located in the UK, Consumer Direct will give you advice. From outside the UK contact the UK European Consumer Centre.
Trade Associations
