35Stock and station agents and saleyards

35 Stock and station agents and saleyards

35 Stock and station agents and saleyards

(1) A person who delivers identifiable stock to a stock and station agent must provide the agent with the delivery information in relation to the stock.

(2) The stock and station agent must not sell or otherwise dispose of the identifiable stock unless the agent has obtained the delivery information in relation to the stock.

(3) The person to whom the stock and station agent sells or otherwise disposes of the identifiable stock must, before the stock leaves the possession of the agent, provide the agent with the following information (the post-sale information)—

(a) if the stock is to be sent to a property—the property identification code of the property,

(b) if another stock and station agent is to take possession of the stock—the agent identification code of that stock and station agent.

(4) The stock and station agent must keep in relation to the identifiable stock a record of the following for at least 2 years—

(a) the delivery information,

(b) the property identification code or address of the saleyard at which the stock were sold or otherwise disposed of,

(c) the post-sale information.

(5) The stock and station agent must, within 7 days after selling the identifiable stock, provide the purchaser with a copy of the delivery information in relation to the stock and the property identification code or address of the saleyard at which the stock were sold and the purchaser of the stock must keep a copy of that information for a period of at least 7 years (or 3 years in the case of pigs) from the date of the sale.

(6) A stock and station agent who takes delivery of identifiable stock at a saleyard or who sells or otherwise disposes of identifiable stock at a saleyard, must by the close of business of the saleyard on each working day, provide the operator of the saleyard with the delivery information or post-sale information provided to the agent in relation to the stock.

(7) The operator of the saleyard must keep for at least 2 years a record of the delivery information and post-sale information.

cl 35: Am 2018 (394), Sch 1 [7] [8].