38Operators of livestock supply operations required to provide transport information

38 Operators of livestock supply operations required to provide transport information

(1)  The operator of a livestock supply operation who is supplied with identifiable livestock must ensure that, for each supply, the information referred to in subregulation (4) 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 –

by the close of business of the livestock supply operation on the next business day after the day on which the identifiable livestock arrive at the livestock supply 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)  Where any identifiable livestock are sold at a livestock supply operation, the operator of the livestock supply operation must ensure that the information referred to in subregulation (4) 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 –

by the close of business of the livestock supply operation on the day on which the identifiable livestock are sold if the identifiable livestock are sold for the purpose of slaughter at a livestock processing premises or, in any other case, by the close of business of the livestock supply operation on the next business day after the day on which 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.

(3)  The operator of a livestock supply operation from which any unsold identifiable livestock are transported must ensure that the information referred to in subregulation (4) 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 –

by the close of business of the livestock supply operation on the next business day after the day on which the unsold identifiable livestock are so transported.

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.

(4)  The following is the information to be provided for the purposes of subregulations (1) , (2) and (3) :

(a) the transaction information for the supplied, sold or unsold identifiable livestock;

(b) the property identification code of the livestock supply operation;

(c) the property identification code of the premises on which the identifiable livestock are being held;

(d) if the identifiable livestock to which the transaction relates were transported from the relevant premises on which the livestock supply operation is carried out, the property identification code of the premises to which the identifiable livestock were being transported and the day on which that transfer occurred.

(5)  The operator of a livestock supply operation must, by the close of business on each day on which the livestock supply operation is open for business, ensure that a record of the number of identifiable livestock sold on that day is kept for a period of at least 2 years.

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.