New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

STOCK DISEASES REGULATION 2004 - REG 25

25 Information in relation to cattle held by stock and station agent

(1) On the delivery of any cattle to a stock and station agent, the owner or person in charge of the cattle must provide the stock and station agent with the property identification code of the property at which the cattle were held before being sent to the stock and station agent (the "previous property").

(2) If any cattle are sent to a stock and station agent, the agent must, within 7 days of receiving the cattle, provide the authorised administrator with the following:

(a) the relevant identification particulars of the cattle concerned,

(b) the agent identification code of the agent,

(c) if the agent is still in possession of the cattle--the property identification code of the property at which the cattle are being held,

(d) if the agent is no longer in possession of the cattle, the following information:

(i) that the cattle were sent to a property, saleyard or abattoir,

(ii) the date the cattle were sent,

(iii) the property identification code of the property, saleyard or abattoir.

(3) If any cattle are sent to a stock and station agent, the agent must:

(a) make a record of:

(i) the relevant identification particulars of the cattle concerned, and

(ii) each movement of those cattle from the time they left the previous property until their arrival at the property, saleyard or abattoir notified to the authorised administrator under subclause (2), including the property identification code of each property at which they may have been held during that time, and

(b) keep any such record for a period of at least 2 years from the date on which it was made or for a period of at least 7 years if the cattle have been sent from a property that has not been assigned a property identification code, and

(c) if requested to do so by an inspector, produce the record for inspection.

(4) If any cattle are sent to a stock and station agent from a property that has not been assigned a property identification code, the agent must:

(a) by the close of business on the next working day after receiving the cattle, make a record of the relevant identification particulars of the cattle and the address of the property from which the cattle were sent, and

(b) keep any such record for a period of at least 7 years from the date on which it was made, and

(c) if requested to do so by an inspector, produce the record for inspection.

(5) If any cattle are sent by a stock and station agent to a property that has not been assigned a property identification code, the agent must:

(a) by the close of business on the next working day after sending the cattle, make a record of the relevant identification particulars of the cattle and the address of the property to which the cattle are sent, and

(b) keep any such record for a period of at least 7 years from the date on which it was made, and

(c) if requested to do so by an inspector, produce the record for inspection.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.