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LIVESTOCK REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 26

26—Interpretation

        (1)         In this Part—

"animal holding area" includes a goat depot;

"authorised manufacturer" means a person authorised by the Chief Inspector under regulation 29A to manufacture identification tags or PIDs;

"authorised recycler" means a person authorised by the Chief Inspector under regulation 29A to recycle PIDs;

"bobby calf" means a weaned calf of or under 6 weeks of age;

"cattle" includes buffalo and bobby calves but does not include deer;

"destination land", in relation to the movement of animals, means the land to which the animals are or are to be moved;

"identification code", in relation to a place, means—

            (a)         an active property identification code for the place; or

            (b)         a code (by whatever description) that is currently applied to the place for the purposes of identification under a corresponding law;

"land of dispatch", in relation to the movement of animals, means the land from which the animals are, or are to be, removed;

"live export depot" means premises at which livestock are prepared or inspected for live export;

"livestock" means cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats and deer;

"livestock saleyard" includes any place where a public sale of livestock is conducted;

"movement documentation"—see regulation 27B;

"national vendor declaration", in relation to animals of a particular type, means a vendor declaration of a kind designated, for the time being by the Chief Inspector by notice in the Gazette as a national vendor declaration for animals of that type for the purposes of these regulations;

"NLIS" means National Livestock Identification System;

"NLIS database manager" means the person designated for the time being by the Chief Inspector by notice in the Gazette as the NLIS database manager for the purposes of these regulations;

"non-functioning PID", in relation to an electronic PID, means a PID that fails to provide a reading when scanned;

"over-the-hooks sale" means the sale of the carcass of an animal on the basis of the weight of the carcass immediately after slaughter (commonly known as hot standard carcass weight);

"owner" of land—

            (a)         in relation to land alienated from the Crown in fee simple—means the owner of an estate in fee simple in the land;

            (b)         in relation to land held from the Crown by lease, licence or agreement to purchase—means the lessee, licensee or purchaser;

"PID" or "permanent identification device" means a device for the permanent identification of livestock of a particular class obtained from an authorised manufacturer or an authorised recycler or a person authorised under a corresponding law to manufacture or recycle such devices or through an ordering system approved under a corresponding law;

"port for live export" includes a wharf, airport or other area at which livestock are assembled immediately before their live export, but does not include a live export depot;

"prescribed movement details"—see subregulation (2);

"prescribed premises" means—

            (a)         premises on which a special event is held; or

            (b)         an animal feedlot; or

            (c)         an animal holding area; or

            (d)         a live export depot; or

            (e)         a pound;

"sheep health statement" means a declaration about the health of sheep in a form approved by the Chief Inspector;

"special event" means an event at which animals are exhibited, or involved in a competitive activity, and includes a show, fair, rodeo and campdraft;

"unmanaged goat" means a goat other than a goat kept or usually kept in a domestic or captive state.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Part, the "prescribed movement details", for animals being moved, means the following details:

            (a)         the number of animals and the type of animals (that is, whether cattle, sheep or goats) being moved;

            (b)         the serial number of the national vendor declaration (if any) accompanying the animals during their movement;

            (c)         the date on which the animals are being moved;

            (d)         the identification code of the land of dispatch;

            (e)         the identification code of the destination land;

            (f)         in addition—

                  (i)         in the case of sheep or goats that were bred on the land of dispatch—that fact; and

                  (ii)         in the case of sheep or goats that were not bred on the land of dispatch and are not identified with a PID bearing the identification code of the land of dispatch—the number or code on each PID attached to the animals; and

                  (iii)         in the case of cattle—the number or code on each animal's PID.

        (3)         For the purposes of this Part—

            (a)         an animal will not be regarded as being removed from land if that land and the destination land have the same identification code;

            (b)         an animal will not be regarded as being pastured on land if—

                  (i)         it is kept for a period not exceeding 7 days at a livestock saleyard to which it has been consigned for sale; or

                  (ii)         it is kept for a period not exceeding 7 days at an abattoir at which it is to be slaughtered;

            (c)         an animal will not be taken to be bred on land unless it has been pastured on the land since its birth;

            (d)         a requirement to provide to a person, or notify a person of, details comprised of a number or code on a PID will be satisfied if either of the following is provided:

                  (i)         the number or code generated when the PID is scanned; or

                  (ii)         the number or code that appears on the exterior of the PID or tag;

            (e)         the NLIS database manager will only be taken to be notified if notified in a manner authorised by the NLIS database manager;

            (f)         a reference to the operator of prescribed premises will, in the case of premises on which a special event is held, be taken to be a reference to the person in charge of the special event.



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