Victorian Consolidated Regulations

LIVESTOCK DISEASE CONTROL REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 88

    (1)     A person who conducts a public auction of cattle at a saleyard must, for each head of cattle sold or passed in at that auction, provide to the operator of the saleyard in the required manner—

Reg. 88(1)(a) substituted by S.R. No. 118/2018 reg. 33(1).

        (a)     in the case of cattle that are to be dispatched directly to an abattoir or knackery, for slaughter or disposal within 7 days of being sold or passed in, the following information before the cattle are dispatched from the saleyard—

              (i)     notification that the cattle are to be dispatched directly from the saleyard to the abattoir or knackery for slaughter or disposal within 7 days of being sold or passed in; and

              (ii)     the property identification code identifying the property at which the cattle were kept before being sold or passed in; and

              (iii)     the serial number on any vendor declaration form accompanying the cattle; and

              (iv)     the property identification code identifying the property to which the cattle will be dispatched (if provided by the purchaser or owner); and

        (b)     in any other case the following information by midday on the next day after the cattle are sold or passed in—

              (i)     the property identification code identifying the property at which the cattle were kept before being sold or passed in;

              (ii)     the serial number on any vendor declaration form accompanying the cattle;

Reg. 88(1)(b)(iii) substituted by S.R. No. 118/2018 reg. 33(2).

              (iii)     the property identification code identifying the property to which the cattle will be dispatched (if provided by the purchaser or
owner).

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (2)     A person who conducts a public auction of cattle at a saleyard must, if the purchaser is the operator of an abattoir or knackery—

Reg. 88(2)(a) substituted by S.R. No. 118/2018 reg. 33(3).

        (a)     provide the following information to the purchaser, in the required manner, by midnight on the day of sale—

              (i)     the date of sale;

              (ii)     the property identification code identifying the property from which the cattle were dispatched to the saleyard;

              (iii)     the property identification code identifying the property to which the cattle will be dispatched;

              (iv)     the property identification code identifying the saleyard;

              (v)     the serial number on any vendor declaration form accompanying the cattle;

              (vi)     the number of cattle in the sale lot;

              (vii)     whether the cattle are vendor bred, and if not, the period of time that the cattle were kept on the property from which they were dispatched; and

Reg. 88(2)(b) amended by S.R. No. 118/2018 reg. 33(4).

        (b)     keep a record of the provision of that information for one year.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

Reg. 89 amended by S.R. No. 118/2018 reg. 34, substituted by S.R. No. 95/2024 reg. 12.