64Offences—information required on delivery from cattle

64 Offences—information required on delivery from cattle scale operation (1) A person who buys cattle at a cattle scale operation must, before the cattle leave the cattle scale operation, give the property identification code of the property to which the cattle are to be sent (the post-sale information) to— (a) the operator of the cattle scale operation; or (b) if the operator is absent from the cattle scale operation— the person in charge of the cattle scale operation. (2) A person in charge of a cattle scale operation who is given post-sale information under subsection (1) (b), must give the post-sale information to the operator of the cattle scale operation within 2 working days after being given the post-sale information. (3) An operator of a cattle scale operation who is going to be absent from the cattle scale operation, must tell the person in charge of the cattle scale operation, in writing, about their obligations under subsection (2).

Section 65 (4) An operator of a cattle scale operation must ensure that, if cattle are sent from the cattle scale operation, the delivery information for the cattle, and the property identification code of the cattle scale operation, are given— (a) for cattle sent to an abattoir—to the operator of the abattoir by the end of the day the cattle leave the cattle scale operation; and (b) for cattle sent somewhere else—to the person who buys or takes possession of the cattle by the end of the day after the day the cattle leave the cattle scale operation. (6) In this section, cattle are taken to leave a cattle scale operation when the cattle scale operation no longer has possession of the cattle.