34Application of HGP-Free tag

34 Application of HGP-Free tag

(1)  A person may only attach, or assist in attaching, an HGP-Free tag to an animal if –

(a) the person applying that tag has signed, or is acting under the supervision or direction of a person who has signed, an HGP-Free Declaration which relates to an identification number for the property that would appear on a tail tag on the animal if the animal were to be sold at a saleyard, or sent to an abattoir, immediately after the HGP-Free tag were attached; and

(b) the period, if any, declared by the Secretary by notice in a newspaper circulating in the State has not elapsed since that declaration was signed; and

(c) the person who has signed that HGP-Free Declaration –

(i) has bred the animal, or acquired the animal before it was 6 weeks old, and has not implanted a hormonal growth promotant in the animal; or

(ii) has not implanted a hormonal growth promotant in the animal since assuming responsibility for the husbandry of the animal and has documentary evidence that the animal was not implanted with a hormonal growth promotant before that person assumed that responsibility; and

(d) the person does not have reason to believe that the animal has been implanted with a hormonal growth promotant.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.

(2)  For the purposes of subregulation (1)(c)(ii) , the following documents are documentary evidence:

(a) a purchaser invoice provided by a stock agent under regulation 38(1) ;

(b) a declaration made under regulation 35(1) by the owner from whom the animals were obtained or other person responsible for the husbandry of the animals on behalf of that owner.