Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Minister may,
by order published in the Government Gazette , divide the State into 2 or more
districts in relation to one or more classes of stock.
(2) Where, pursuant to
subsection (1), the State has been divided into districts in relation to
one or more classes of stock, the Registrar may register any brand or earmark
for use on the appropriate stock by the owner thereof exclusively in any such
district, and in that event —
(a) the
certificate of registration of any brand or earmark and the register shall
indicate the district in which a brand or earmark may be used by the owner
thereof;
(b) an
owner using a brand or earmark upon any stock outside the district within
which the brand may be used shall be guilty of an offence against this Act;
and
(c) the
Registrar may refuse to register any brand or earmark for use in any district
where, in his opinion, such a brand or earmark is likely to cause confusion or
mislead by reason of a similar brand or earmark being registered for use in an
adjoining district.
[Section 59 amended by No. 42 of 1978
s. 12; No. 65 of 1984 s. 19; No. 46 of 1994 s. 36.]