Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Secretary may, by legislative instrument, make a determination about the marking of specified kinds of specimens for the purposes of identification.
Matters that may be covered by determination
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a determination by the Secretary under that subsection may:
(a) require specimens to be marked; and
(b) deal with the manner in which specimens are to be marked; and
(c) deal with the times at which marking is to occur; and
(d) deal with the removal or destruction of marks; and
(e) deal with the replacement or modification of marks; and
(f) require that marking be carried out by persons approved in writing by the Secretary under that determination; and
(g) deal with the circumstances in which marks may be, or are required to be, rendered useless; and
(h) in the case of a mark that consists of a label, tag, band or device:
(i) set out specifications relating to the label, tag, band or device; and
(ii) require that any destruction or removal of the label, tag, band or device be carried out by a person approved in writing by the Secretary under that determination.
Marking of animals not to involve undue pain etc.
(3) In the case of a live animal, a determination under subsection (1) must not require marking that involves:
(a) undue pain or distress to the animal; or
(b) undue risk of the death of the animal.
Marking of plants not to involve undue risk of death
(4) In the case of a live plant, a determination under
subsection (1) must not require marking that involves undue risk of the
death of the plant.