Part Part 5 - Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Identification and Movement of Stock and Apiaries) Regulations 2013 - Identifying cattle and buffalo

Part 5Identifying cattle and buffalo

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Part 5 — Identifying cattle and buffalo

Division 1 — Terms used

Terms used 53

Division 2 — Owners of cattle or buffalo

Subdivision 1 — Registered identifiers and approved identifiers

Owners must identify cattle and buffalo 53
Exemption for unweaned animals 54
Requirements for brands 54
Requirements for earmarks 55
Age marks, cullmarks and other markings 55
Spayed female animals must be marked 56

Subdivision 2 — NLIS requirements for cattle and buffalo

Responsibilities of owner before moving cattle or buffalo 56
Exemptions from NLIS identification 57
Responsibilities of owner after moving animal 58

Division 3 — NLIS requirements for cattle and buffalo

Subdivision 1 — Imported animals, animals from a pound and dead stray animals

Imported cattle and buffalo 59
Cattle and buffalo from a pound 59
Dead stray cattle and buffalo 59

Subdivision 2 — Carriers and purchasers

Responsibilities of carriers 60
Responsibilities of purchasers 61

Subdivision 3 — General provisions relating to property operators

Cattle or buffalo not to be delivered to property without relevant PIC 62
Responsibilities of property operator if animal dies on or while being moved to property other than pound 62

Subdivision 4 — Pounds

Responsibilities of pound operator if no NLIS device applied to animal 63
Responsibilities of pound operator if animal born at or while being moved to pound 63
Responsibilities of pound operator if NLIS device applied to animal 64
Responsibilities of pound operator if animal moved from pound 64
Responsibilities of pound operator if animal dies on or while being moved to pound 65