Western Australian Current Regulations

ANIMAL WELFARE (TRANSPORT, SALEYARDS AND DEPOTS) (CATTLE AND SHEEP) REGULATIONS 2020 - REG 4

4 .         Transport process

        (1)         A transport process is the entire process of moving a livestock animal from one place to another by means of a vehicle by road or rail.

        (2)         The transport process is taken to commence from when the livestock animal is being assembled.

        (3)         Until a transport process is taken to end under subregulation (4), the process includes the following stages —

            (a)         assembling the livestock animal;

            (b)         holding the livestock animal at a saleyard, depot or other livestock handling facility before loading;

            (c)         selecting the livestock animal;

            (d)         loading the livestock animal;

            (e)         holding the livestock animal on a vehicle while the vehicle is stationery;

            (f)         transporting the livestock animal;

            (g)         unloading the livestock animal;

            (h)         a spell;

                  (i)         holding the livestock animal at a saleyard, depot, or any other livestock handling facility after unloading.

        (4)         The transport process is taken to end when whichever of the following happens first —

            (a)         the livestock animal has reasonable access to water and reasonable access to feed at its final destination (such as a farm or a feedlot);

            (b)         the livestock animal is slaughtered.