Biosecurity (National Livestock Identification System) Regulation 2017
49Cattle scale operations
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49 Cattle scale operations
49 Cattle scale operations
(1) For the purposes of this clause, the following are reportable transactions in respect of a cattle scale operation—
(a) cattle coming into the possession of the cattle scale operation,
(b) the sale of any cattle in the possession of the cattle scale operation,
(c) any unsold cattle ceasing to be in the possession of the cattle scale operation.
(2) The operator of a cattle scale operation in respect of 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) the property identification code of the cattle scale operation,
(c) if the cattle scale operation is still in possession of the cattle involved in the transaction—the property identification code of the property at which the cattle are being held (if different from the property identification code of the cattle scale operation),
(d) if the cattle scale operation is no longer in possession of the cattle involved in the transaction—the property identification code of the farm property, saleyard or abattoir to which the cattle were moved (the receiving property) and the date on which the cattle were moved to the receiving property.
(3) Information provided to the NLIS administrator under this clause must be provided—
(a) if the reportable transaction is the sale of cattle for the purpose of slaughter at an abattoir—by the close of business of the cattle scale operation on the day of the sale, or
(b) in any other case—by the close of business of the cattle scale operation on the next working day after the reportable transaction occurs.
(4) The operator of a cattle scale operation on a day on which cattle in the possession of the cattle scale operation have been sold must ensure that, by the close of business of the cattle scale operation on that day, a record is made of the number of cattle sold on that day (the daily sale information).
(5) The operator of the cattle scale operation must keep a record of the daily sale information for at least 2 years.