South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A person who keeps
pigs must ensure that a pig that weighs 20 kilograms or more is not
removed for the purposes of sale or slaughter from land on which it is kept
unless it has a tattoo that complies with the requirements of
subregulation (2).
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
Expiation fee: $315.
(2) The tattoo must
comply with the following requirements:
(a) the
tattoo must comprise the characters of a pig tattoo code associated with an
active property identification code for the land from which the pig is
removed;
(b) the
characters making up the pig tattoo code must be clearly legible;
(c) the
tattoo must be marked with paste or ink of a kind approved by the Chief
Inspector;
(d) the
tattoo must be on the following shoulder of the pig:
(i)
if the tattoo was applied on the property on which the
pig was born—the left shoulder of the pig; and
(ii)
in any other case—the right shoulder of the pig.
(3) A person who keeps
pigs is guilty of an offence if, when a pig kept by the person is marked with
a pig tattoo code, the code is not associated with an active property
identification code for the land on which the pig is kept.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
Expiation fee: $315.
(4) A person must
not—
(a) mark
the shoulder of a pig with a tattoo other than for the purposes of this
regulation; or
(b)
remove a tattoo from the shoulder of a pig other than as authorised by the
Chief Inspector.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
Expiation fee: $315.