20Prescribed travelling livestock and waybill

20 Prescribed travelling livestock and waybill (1) The regulations may prescribe the livestock for which a waybill must be issued before the livestock begin travelling.

Livestock Act 2008 16 (2) The owner of prescribed travelling livestock commits an offence if the owner does not issue a completed waybill for the livestock before they begin travelling. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if: (a) the livestock are being returned to the property on which they are usually kept after straying beyond the boundaries of the property; or (b) the owner of the livestock has authorisation from the Registrar to move the livestock without a waybill. (4) The Registrar may authorise the owner of prescribed travelling livestock to move the livestock without a waybill if the Registrar considers it is reasonable in the circumstances to do so.