New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

STOCK DISEASES REGULATION 2004 - REG 16

16 Requirement for stock to be identified for transaction purposes

(1) A person must not sell or buy any stock to which this Division applies, or cause or permit any such stock to be sold or bought, unless the stock is identified in accordance with clause 15.

(2) A person must not send any stock to which this Division applies, or cause or permit any such stock to be sent:

(a) to an abattoir for slaughter, or

(b) to a saleyard for sale,

unless the stock is identified in accordance with clause 15.

(3) If any stock to which this Division applies:

(a) is at a saleyard for sale, and

(b) is not identified in accordance with clause 15,

the person who is the owner of the stock is guilty of an offence.

(4) This clause does not apply in relation to the following:

(a) the sale of stud stock at, or the sending of stud stock to, an agricultural show or exhibition,

(b) the sale of stock incidental to the sale of land or the sale of a business under which the stock will remain on the land or be retained as part of the business,

(c) the sale of stock (otherwise than at a saleyard) to a purchaser where the seller believes on reasonable grounds that the stock will travel directly to a property occupied by the purchaser for the purpose of restocking that property,

(d) the sale, or the sending to an abattoir or saleyard, of stock that:

(i) has been purchased during the preceding period of 28 days, and

(ii) was identified in accordance with clause 15 at the time of purchase, and is still so identified,

(e) the sale, or the sending to an abattoir or saleyard, of stock that has been:

(i) brought into New South Wales during the preceding period of 28 days, and

(ii) identified under the law in force in the State or Territory from which the stock has been brought, being a law that is similar to the provisions of this Division,

(f) the sending to an abattoir or saleyard of stock:

(i) for which prior approval has been given by an inspector to the stock being so sent, and

(ii) that has been identified in accordance with clause 15 before being slaughtered or sold,

(g) the sending of stock to an abattoir from the property on which the stock was born if the stock is required to be identified under Division 4 and is identified in accordance with that Division.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.