Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Every proprietor
of sheep on any run shall apply for, and obtain, a registered brand, and a
registered earmark, for sheep.
(2) Every brand
registered under this Act for sheep shall consist of an arrangement of 2
letters and a numeral allotted by the Registrar and every earmark registered
for sheep shall consist of a symbol or symbols allotted by the Registrar.
(3) A registered brand
for sheep shall be applied as —
(a) a
firebrand burnt on the horns of the sheep;
(b) a
tattoo that is applied in the prescribed manner to the prescribed part of the
body of the sheep;
(c) an
eartag that is of such colour or colours, type and shape as the Registrar
determines; or
(d) a
woolbrand placed on the wool of a sheep,
or in such other form
as the Registrar approves.
(4) Where a sheep is
branded by means of the application of a woolbrand, the proprietor shall at
all times cause the sheep to be legibly so branded.
[Section 9 amended by No. 46 of 1994
s. 9.]