36Operators of livestock depots required to provide transport information

36 Operators of livestock depots required to provide transport information

(1)  If any identifiable livestock are sold at a livestock depot, the operator of the livestock depot must ensure that the information referred to in subregulation (3) 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 are sold.

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 depot from which any unsold identifiable livestock are transported must ensure that the information referred to in subregulation (3) 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 unsold identifiable livestock are transported from the livestock depot.

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

(a) the transaction information for the sold or transported identifiable livestock;

(b) the property identification code of the premises to which the sold or unsold identifiable livestock were transported;

(c) a copy of the relevant movement document for the sold or unsold identifiable livestock.

(4)  The operator of a livestock depot must, by the close of business on each day on which the livestock depot is open for business, ensure that a record of the number, and species, of identifiable livestock that are sold at the livestock depot on that day is made and is kept for a period of at least 2 years.