18Failure to properly identify stock

18 Failure to properly identify stock

18 Failure to properly identify stock

(1) The owner of any identifiable stock must ensure that the stock is properly identified—

(a) before the stock leaves any property in New South Wales on which it is kept (whether or not that property is the one on which it was born), or

(b) if the stock is not properly identified on arrival in New South Wales—as soon as practicable after its arrival in New South Wales.

(2) A person must not cause identifiable stock to leave a property (including by transporting the stock) unless the stock is properly identified.

(3) The operator of a saleyard or abattoir must ensure that all identifiable stock at the saleyard or abattoir are properly identified.

(4) The person in charge of identifiable stock at a saleyard or abattoir that is not properly identified must ensure that the operator of the saleyard or abattoir is immediately provided with information that the stock is not properly identified. Clause 33 applies to this subclause in the same way as it applies to a provision of Division 1 of Part 4.

(5) A person must not do any of the following in relation to identifiable stock at a saleyard or abattoir that is not properly identified—

(a) sell or otherwise dispose of the stock,

(b) buy or otherwise acquire the stock,

(c) slaughter the stock (unless the person is required to slaughter the stock for humane reasons on the direction of an authorised officer, food inspector, animal welfare inspector or a veterinary practitioner).

(6) The person in charge of identifiable stock at a saleyard or abattoir that is not properly identified and the operator of the saleyard or abattoir must take all reasonable steps to ensure that a person does not do any of the following—

(a) sell or otherwise dispose of the stock,

(b) buy or otherwise acquire the stock,

(c) slaughter the stock (unless the person is required to slaughter the stock for humane reasons on the direction of an authorised officer, food inspector, animal welfare inspector or a veterinary practitioner).