Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

STOCK ACT 1991 (NO. 10 OF 1991) - SECT 22

22. (1) A person—

        (a)     who is the owner of a sheep or goat that attains the age of 6 months; or

        (b)     who becomes the owner of a sheep or goat that has attained the age of 6 months;

shall, if the sheep or goat has not previously been earmarked, within 14 days of—

        (c)     the sheep or goat attaining the age of 6 months; or

        (d)     the person becoming the owner;

respectively, cut the registered earmark of which he or she is the registered proprietor—

        (e)     in the case of a male or desexed sheep or goat—into the left ear; or

        (f)     in the case of a female sheep or goat—into the right ear.

(2) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding—

        (a)     if the offender is a natural person—$500; or

        (b)     if the offender is a body corporate—$2,500.