Brands Act 1915
sec.11Distinctive marks may be used
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sec.11 Distinctive marks may be used
Any owner of a registered sheep mark or sheep brand may use any number of distinctive marks to denote the age or class of the owner’s sheep, or goats, but such distinctive marks shall not be made on the same ear as the registered sheep earmark and shall not be such as, in the opinion of the registrar or an inspector, is similar to or readily convertible into any sheep earmark registered and used in the same locality. Such distinctive marks may upon application be registered. s 11 amd 1932 23 Geo 5 No. 14 s 7; 1937 1 Geo 6 No. 17 s 4; 1940 4 Geo 6 No. 10 s 6 (sec.11-ssec.1) Any owner of a registered sheep mark or sheep brand may use any number of distinctive marks to denote the age or class of the owner’s sheep, or goats, but such distinctive marks shall not be made on the same ear as the registered sheep earmark and shall not be such as, in the opinion of the registrar or an inspector, is similar to or readily convertible into any sheep earmark registered and used in the same locality. (sec.11-ssec.2) Such distinctive marks may upon application be registered.