Biosecurity (National Livestock Identification System) Regulation 2017
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36 Abattoirs
36 Abattoirs
(1) A person who delivers identifiable stock to an abattoir must provide the operator of the abattoir with the delivery information in relation to the stock.
(2) The operator of the abattoir must keep for at least 2 years a record of the delivery information and the property identification code or address of the abattoir and must produce the record for inspection if requested to do so by a food inspector.
(3) The operator of an abattoir must ensure that identifiable stock is not slaughtered at the abattoir unless the delivery information has been obtained in respect of the stock (unless the stock is required to be slaughtered for humane reasons on the direction of an authorised officer, food inspector, animal welfare inspector or a veterinary practitioner).