South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) No earmark other
than a slit shall be made on any cattle or sheep except with pliers.
(2) A distinctive mark
shall be made only as indicated by the registrar on the certificate of
registration.
(3) In the case of
cattle, not more than one-third of the ear shall be affected by the making of
any earmark thereon.
(4) In the case of
sheep, no earmark shall exceed 20 millimetres in length or 15 millimetres
in width or diameter, unless such earmark is a slit, in which case it may be
35 millimetres in length from the tip of the ear.
(5) In no case, either
of cattle or sheep, shall an earmark be made by means of a crop.
(6) In the case of
cattle, if any registered earmark is placed on the ear of any such cattle, no
further earmark, mark, cut, or crop, shall be placed on either ear of such
cattle, except in attaching a tag as provided by section 21A of this Act:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply to anything done before the
passing of this Act.