New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

STOCK DISEASES REGULATION 2004 - REG 25A

25A Information in relation to cattle at abattoir

(1) On arrival of any cattle at an abattoir, the owner or person in charge of the cattle must provide the owner or person in charge of the abattoir with the property identification code of the property (other than a saleyard or an abattoir) at which the cattle were last held.

(1A) The owner or person in charge of an abattoir must not sell, dispose of or process the carcass of any cattle, or cause or permit the sale, disposal or processing of any such carcass, unless he or she has obtained the information referred to in subclause (1) in relation to the cattle.

Note: This would not prevent the owner of an abattoir from slaughtering cattle.

(2) If any cattle are sent to an abattoir, the owner or person in charge of the abattoir must, by the close of business on the next working day after the cattle are slaughtered, provide the authorised administrator with the following information:

(a) that the cattle were slaughtered,

(b) the date the cattle were slaughtered,

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

(d) the property identification code of the property (other than a saleyard or an abattoir) at which the cattle were last held,

(f) the weight of each carcass before chilling and after bleeding, skinning, evisceration and trimming.

(3) A person is not required to provide the authorised administrator with the information set out in subclause (2) (f) for carcasses of cattle slaughtered at a knackery or if the cattle were less than 6 weeks old when slaughtered.

(4) If any cattle are sent to an abattoir from a property that has not been assigned a property identification code, the owner or person in charge of the abattoir 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 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.