New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PROPERTY AND STOCK AGENTS REGULATION 2022 - REG 39

39 Records of livestock sales to be kept by stock and station agents

(1) A stock and station agent who sells livestock as an agent, whether or not by auction, or who offers livestock for sale by auction as an agent must keep a written record of the sales at the agent's registered office.

(2) A stock and station agent must, immediately after being engaged to sell livestock as an agent, record the following particulars for the livestock--

(a) the name of the owner of the livestock,

(b) the number of livestock to be sold,

(c) a description of the livestock sufficient to identify the livestock.

(3) If the livestock is to be sold by auction--

(a) a record must be made for each lot of livestock, and

(b) the lot number must be included in the record.

(4) A stock and station agent must, immediately after selling livestock as an agent, record the following particulars for the livestock--

(a) the date and place of the sale,

(b) the name of the purchaser or, if the stock was sold by auction, the name supplied under the Act, section 83 as the name of the purchaser and the lot number,

(c) the price for which the livestock was sold per kilogram of live weight or per head,

(d) if the livestock was sold on a live weight basis--the details of the live weight weighing,

(e) the total price for which the livestock was sold.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) for a corporation--40 penalty units, or

(b) otherwise--20 penalty units.