attached includes implanted, inserted, administered or applied.
brand means a tattoo brand.
breeder device means an identifier containing the property identification code of the property on which the stock that is to carry the identifier was born.
camelids means members of the family camelidae other than vicunas or guanacos.
Note.
Camelids include camels, alpacas and llamas.
cattle means members of the genus Bos and also includes American bison or buffalo (Bison bison) and domestic water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis).
cattle scale operation means a business (other than a farming business) that trades in cattle by purchasing the cattle by live weight or price per head directly from farmers (and not by way of a public auction) and then sells the cattle on.
district code, in relation to a stock identification district, means the code assigned to the district under Part 2.
district registrar, in relation to land within a stock identification district wholly or partly within a local land services region, means—
(a) any person appointed by Local Land Services to exercise any or all of the functions of the district registrar for the local land services region, and
(b) if the Secretary has appointed a person to exercise any or all of the functions of the district registrar of the local land services region—that person.
electronic device means a permanent identifier that uses radio frequency identification technology.
electronically identified stock—see clause 17(4) and (5).
equines means members of the family equidae.
Note.
Equines include horses, donkeys, asses, mules and zebras.
farm property—see clause 7 (3).
food inspector means an authorised officer within the meaning of the Food Act 2003.
goat depot means a property that is used to aggregate goats before the sale or slaughter of those goats.
harvested rangeland goat means a goat captured from the wild that—
(a) was not born as a result of a managed breeding program, and
(b) has not been subject to an animal husbandry procedure or treatment.
identifiable stock means cattle, pigs, goats and sheep and includes a carcass of any such animal.
identifier means a tag, label, brand, mark, implant or other means of identification of stock.
NLIS or National Livestock Identification System means the system in Australia of that name for identifying and tracing livestock for the purposes of disease control, food safety and market access.
NLIS administrator means Integrity Systems Company Limited (ACN 134 745 038), or such other person or body approved by the Secretary under clause 56.
NLIS movement document means the following documents—
(a) a national vendor declaration and waybill approved from time to time by SAFEMEAT (being the organisation formed between industry and Australian governments to ensure the safety and hygiene of red meat and livestock) and Meat and Livestock Australia, or in the case of pigs, a national vendor declaration (PigPass) approved by Australian Pork Limited,
(c) a buyer reconciliation report or post-sale summary that contains the transaction information referred to in clause 41,
(d) an exhibitor entry or registration form for an agricultural show that contains the delivery information within the meaning of Division 1 of Part 4,
NLIS register means the register maintained by the NLIS administrator under Part 5.
permanent brand identifier for pigs—see clause 17 (10).
permanent identifier means—
(a) a breeder or post breeder device that is fully or conditionally accredited by the NLIS administrator as a permanent identifier for the particular species of stock, or
(b) additionally, in the case of pigs, a permanent brand identifier for pigs.
PigPass database means the database maintained by Australian Pork Limited.
post breeder device means an identifier containing the property identification code of a property other than the property on which the stock that is to carry the identifier was born.
previous property means, in relation to identifiable stock, the last property at which the stock was held, being a farm property or a property required to have a property identification code under clause 6.
properly identified—see clause 17.
property means an area of land (including an area comprising 1 or more parcels of land that are proximate) that is worked as a single property.
property identification code, in relation to a property, means—
(a) in the case of a property in New South Wales—the code assigned to the property under Part 2, or
(b) in the case of a property outside of New South Wales—a code assigned to or in respect of the property under a related NLIS law.
related NLIS law means a law of another State or Territory that is similar to the provisions of this Regulation.
relevant identification particulars means—
(a) for electronically identified stock—
(i) the property identification code of the property on or in relation to which the stock has been, or is required to be, permanently identified, and
(ii) the characters that enable each animal to be individually identified, and
(b) for other identifiable stock—the property identification code of each property on or in relation to which the stock has been, or is required to be, permanently identified.
saleyard means a property on which identifiable stock is sold by public auction.
send includes transfer or deliver.
stock and station agent means a person who is licensed as a stock and station agent under the Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 2002 or under a similar law of another State or Territory.
stock event means an event that involves identifiable stock being held in captivity for the purposes of an exhibition or competition such as an agricultural show or rodeo.
stock event property means the property on which a stock event is held.
stock identification district means a stock identification district shown on the map in Schedule 1.
The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Regulation.
(2) A reference in this Regulation to the owner, operator or person in charge of a place or thing includes a reference to any stock and station agent (or other person) who is acting on behalf of the owner, operator or person in charge of the place or thing.
(3) A reference in this Regulation to the date on which identifiable stock left from, or arrived at, a particular place, means, in the case of stock leaving or arriving over more than one day, the first of those days.
(4) Any requirement in this Regulation that a device or identifier contain a property identification code may, in circumstances approved by the Secretary, be satisfied by including a district code for the district in which the relevant property is situated and in any such case, any reference in this Regulation to the property identification code in respect of a device or identifier is taken to be a reference to the district code.
(5) Notes included in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.