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LIVESTOCK REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 27E

27E—Animals at livestock saleyards must have PID and movement documentation

        (1)         If an animal at a livestock saleyard is not identified with a PID, the owner and the person responsible for the management of the animal immediately before its movement to the saleyard are each guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

Expiation fee: $315.

        (2)         If, at a livestock saleyard, an animal—

            (a)         that is not identified with a PID; or

            (b)         in respect of which movement documentation relating to the movement of the animal to the saleyard has not been provided as required under regulation 27B,

is sold, the saleyard operator, the stock agent acting on behalf of the vendor and the person responsible for the management of the animal at the saleyard are each guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

Expiation fee: $315.

        (3)         If an animal bears a non-functioning PID, the operator of the saleyard or a stock agent may cause the animal to be identified with a replacement PID bearing the identification code of the saleyard.

        (4)         Before an animal that is not identified with a PID, or bears a non-functioning PID, is removed from a livestock saleyard

            (a)         the operator of the saleyard or a stock agent must, if the animal is not identified with a PID, cause the animal to be identified with a replacement PID bearing the identification code of the saleyard; and

            (b)         the operator of the saleyard must notify the NLIS database manager of—

                  (i)         the prescribed movement details relating to the movement of the animal to the saleyard (including, in the case of a non-functioning PID, the number or code on that PID); and

                  (ii)         the number or code on any replacement PID.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

Expiation fee: $315.

        (5)         If an animal is identified with a replacement PID under subregulation (3) or (4), the saleyard operator or stock agent must make, and keep for at least 2 years, a written record of—

            (a)         the prescribed movement details relating to the movement of the animal to the saleyard; and

            (b)         the name of the person responsible for causing the animal to be identified with the replacement PID; and

            (c)         the date on which the PID was attached or inserted; and

            (d)         the name of the vendor of the animal.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

Expiation fee: $315.



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