Biosecurity (National Livestock Identification System) Regulation 2017
45Abattoirs
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 45
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Biosecurity (National Livestock Identification System) Regulation 2017.
45 Abattoirs
45 Abattoirs
(1) For the purposes of this clause, the following are reportable transactions at an abattoir—
(a) the slaughter of any identifiable stock at the abattoir,
(b) the movement of any living identifiable stock from the abattoir.
(2) The operator of an abattoir at which a reportable transaction has occurred must ensure that the NLIS administrator is provided with the following information—
(a) the transaction information in relation to the reportable transaction,
(b) if the reportable transaction was the movement of living identifiable stock from the abattoir—the property identification code of the property to which the stock were moved,
(c) if the identifiable stock involved in the transaction are sheep, goats or pigs that did not arrive from a saleyard—a copy of any NLIS movement document created in relation to the transaction.
(3) Information provided to the NLIS administrator under this clause is to be provided—
(a) if the identifiable stock are cattle and the abattoir is a knackery within the meaning of Part 9 of the Food Regulation 2015 and the cattle do not become abattoir meat (within the meaning of that Part) after slaughter—within 7 days after the reportable transaction occurs, or
(b) in any other case—by the close of business on the next working day following the day on which the reportable transaction occurs.
(4) The operator of an abattoir at which identifiable stock has been slaughtered or held on a particular day must ensure that, by the close of business of the abattoir, a record is made of the number of each type of identifiable stock that have been slaughtered at the abattoir on that day and the number of each type of living identifiable stock held at the abattoir at the close of business (the daily business information).
(5) The operator of the abattoir must keep a record of the daily business information for at least 2 years and must ensure that the record is produced for inspection if requested to do so by a food inspector.
cll 43–45: Am 2018 (394), Sch 1 [11].