sec.27ASpaying cattle

sec.27A Spaying cattle

A person, other than a veterinary surgeon or an accredited person, must not spay cattle using the Willis dropped-ovary technique. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. A person must not use vaginal spreaders to spay cattle that have not given birth. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. In this section— accredited person means a person accredited to perform the Willis dropped-ovary technique to spay cattle under an approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme. prescribed instrument , for the Willis dropped-ovary technique, means an instrument made of stainless steel that has a flattened spearhead with a slit that— is in the forward end of the spearhead; and has a sharp edge at the end of the slit; and joins an oval hole at the other end of the slit. Willis dropped-ovary technique means a technique for spaying cattle that involves dropping ovaries into the abdominal cavity by using a prescribed instrument to— enter the abdominal cavity by piercing the wall of the vagina with the instrument’s spearhead; and place each ovary, by rectal manipulation, in the oval hole in the instrument’s spearhead; and sever the ovaries with the sharp edge of the slit in the instrument’s spearhead by retracting the instrument. s 27A ins 2022 No. 35 s 10 (sec.27A-ssec.1) A person, other than a veterinary surgeon or an accredited person, must not spay cattle using the Willis dropped-ovary technique. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. (sec.27A-ssec.2) A person must not use vaginal spreaders to spay cattle that have not given birth. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. (sec.27A-ssec.3) In this section— accredited person means a person accredited to perform the Willis dropped-ovary technique to spay cattle under an approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme. prescribed instrument , for the Willis dropped-ovary technique, means an instrument made of stainless steel that has a flattened spearhead with a slit that— is in the forward end of the spearhead; and has a sharp edge at the end of the slit; and joins an oval hole at the other end of the slit. Willis dropped-ovary technique means a technique for spaying cattle that involves dropping ovaries into the abdominal cavity by using a prescribed instrument to— enter the abdominal cavity by piercing the wall of the vagina with the instrument’s spearhead; and place each ovary, by rectal manipulation, in the oval hole in the instrument’s spearhead; and sever the ovaries with the sharp edge of the slit in the instrument’s spearhead by retracting the instrument.

• (a) is in the forward end of the spearhead; and
• (b) has a sharp edge at the end of the slit; and
• (c) joins an oval hole at the other end of the slit.
• (a) enter the abdominal cavity by piercing the wall of the vagina with the instrument’s spearhead; and