The legislation was passed this week after being introduced as a Private Members' Bill by Julie Morgan MP for Cardiff North.
The move will bring England and Wales in line with Scotland, which has already accepted a ban.
Aisling Burnand, executive director of policy at Cancer Research UK, said: "This is a monumental achievement and legislation will go a long way to curb the alarming numbers of teenagers who use sunbeds.
"Younger people are particularly at risk and sunbed users under the age of 35 have a 75 per cent higher risk of developing malignant melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer."
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