sec.24CProhibition on sale of unbranded pigs

sec.24C Prohibition on sale of unbranded pigs

Subject to subsection (3) , a person shall not sell or offer for sale any pig of a live weight in excess of 30kg unless that pig has been branded with the pig brand registered in the name of its owner. For the purposes of subsection (1) , a pig shall be taken to be branded if and only if— it is branded with a pig brand; or it is branded with a brand registered pursuant to the law of any other State or a Territory and recognised therein as evidence of ownership of that pig; or it is branded with a brand impressed or otherwise applied in a State or Territory, the law whereof does not require the registration of such a brand, and accepted therein as evidence of ownership of that pig. The provisions of subsection (1) do not apply to a person who— at the time of the sale of or offer to sell a pig, is not the owner of more than 2 pigs (including the pig sold or offered for sale); or sells or offers for sale a pig purchased within a period of 7 days prior to the sale of or offer to sell that pig which pig had been branded with a pig brand registered in the name of the person from whom it was so purchased. s 24C ins 1979 No. 64 s 13 (sec.24C-ssec.1) Subject to subsection (3) , a person shall not sell or offer for sale any pig of a live weight in excess of 30kg unless that pig has been branded with the pig brand registered in the name of its owner. (sec.24C-ssec.2) For the purposes of subsection (1) , a pig shall be taken to be branded if and only if— it is branded with a pig brand; or it is branded with a brand registered pursuant to the law of any other State or a Territory and recognised therein as evidence of ownership of that pig; or it is branded with a brand impressed or otherwise applied in a State or Territory, the law whereof does not require the registration of such a brand, and accepted therein as evidence of ownership of that pig. (sec.24C-ssec.3) The provisions of subsection (1) do not apply to a person who— at the time of the sale of or offer to sell a pig, is not the owner of more than 2 pigs (including the pig sold or offered for sale); or sells or offers for sale a pig purchased within a period of 7 days prior to the sale of or offer to sell that pig which pig had been branded with a pig brand registered in the name of the person from whom it was so purchased.

• (a) it is branded with a pig brand; or
• (b) it is branded with a brand registered pursuant to the law of any other State or a Territory and recognised therein as evidence of ownership of that pig; or
• (c) it is branded with a brand impressed or otherwise applied in a State or Territory, the law whereof does not require the registration of such a brand, and accepted therein as evidence of ownership of that pig.
• (a) at the time of the sale of or offer to sell a pig, is not the owner of more than 2 pigs (including the pig sold or offered for sale); or