Queensland Consolidated Acts

BRANDS ACT 1915 - SECT 24A

24A Prohibition on sale of unbranded cattle

(1) A person shall not sell any cattle of a live weight in excess of 100kg unless those cattle are branded.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—8 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) , cattle shall be taken to be branded if and only if—

(a) they are branded with a horse and cattle brand; or

(b) they are branded with a brand registered pursuant to the law of any other State or a Territory and recognised therein as evidence of ownership of those cattle; or

(c) they are branded with a brand impressed or otherwise applied in a State or Territory, the law whereof does not require the registration of such a brand, and accepted therein as evidence of ownership of those cattle.

(3) This section applies subject to section 24B .