28Livestock agents required to provide transaction information

28 Livestock agents required to provide transaction information

(1)  A livestock agent who is supplied with identifiable livestock must ensure that, for each supply, the information referred to in subregulation (2) is provided to –

(a) the NLIS administrator, if the identifiable livestock are not pigs; or

(b) the PigPass administrator, if the identifiable livestock are pigs –

within 2 days after the identifiable livestock arrive at the receiving premises.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units; and

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

(2)  The following is the information to be provided for the purposes of subregulation (1) :

(a) the transaction information for the supplied identifiable livestock;

(b) the livestock agent’s name and business address;

(c) if the livestock agent is still in possession of the supplied identifiable livestock, the property identification code of the premises at which the identifiable livestock are held;

(d) if the livestock agent is no longer in possession of the supplied identifiable livestock, the property identification code of the premises to which the identifiable livestock were moved and the date of the movement.

(3)  A livestock agent who is supplied with identifiable livestock must, by the close of business on each day on which the livestock agent is working as a livestock agent, make a record of the following information for each supply of identifiable livestock received by the livestock agent on that working day and keep that record for a period of 2 years:

(a) the relevant identification particulars of the identifiable livestock involved in a supply;

(b) the number of identifiable livestock that were supplied;

(c) if the livestock agent is still in possession of the supplied identifiable livestock, the property identification code of the premises at which the identifiable livestock are held;