33Movement information required for livestock events

33 Movement information required for livestock events

(1)  The driver of a vehicle being used to transport identifiable livestock to a livestock event must give the operator of the livestock event a copy of the movement document for the identifiable livestock at the time at which, or as soon as is practicable after, the driver arrives at the livestock event premises with the identifiable livestock.

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 operator of a livestock event, who is supplied with identifiable livestock for the purposes of the event, must ensure that the identifiable livestock are not sold, or otherwise disposed of, at the livestock event premises unless the operator has in the operator’s possession the movement information for the identifiable livestock to be sold or otherwise disposed of.

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.

(3)  At the conclusion of a livestock event, the operator of the livestock event must keep a record of the following information in relation to the concluded livestock event:

(a) the movement information for all of the identifiable livestock involved in the livestock event;

(b) the property identification code of the livestock event premises on which the livestock event was held –

for 2 years, if the identifiable livestock involved in the livestock event were not pigs, or for 3 years, if the identifiable livestock involved in the livestock event were pigs.

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.