Livestock Disease Control Act 1994
9Identification of livestock
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9 Identification of livestock
S. 9(1) amended by No. 1/2024 s. 30(1).
(1) A person must not dispatch cattle or livestock—
(a) for sale at saleyards; or
(b) for slaughter at an abattoir; or
(c) for disposal at a knackery—
unless the cattle or livestock is branded, tagged or identified in accordance with section 9A and in the prescribed manner.
S. 9(2) amended by No. 1/2024 s. 30(2).
(2) A person must not, by auction or otherwise, sell cattle or livestock unless the cattle or livestock is branded, tagged or identified in accordance with section 9A and in the prescribed manner.
S. 9(3) amended by No. 1/2024 s. 30(3).
(3) A person must not transport cattle or livestock—
(a) for sale at saleyards; or
(b) for slaughter at an abattoir; or
(c) for disposal at a knackery—
unless the cattle or livestock is branded, tagged or identified in accordance with section 9A and in the prescribed manner.
S. 9(4) amended by No. 1/2024 s. 30(4).
(4) A person must not slaughter or dispose of cattle or livestock at premises licensed under the Meat Industry Act 1993 unless the cattle or livestock is branded, tagged or identified in accordance with section 9A and in the prescribed manner.
S. 9(5) amended by No. 1/2024 s. 30(5).
(5) A person must not process the carcase of cattle or livestock at premises licensed under the Meat Industry Act 1993 unless the carcase is branded, tagged or identified in accordance with section 9A and in the prescribed manner.
S. 9(6) amended by No. 1/2024 s. 30(6).
(6) A person must not move cattle or livestock, or the carcase of cattle or livestock, from one property to another property that has a different property identification code allocated to it, or has no property identification code allocated to it, unless the cattle, livestock or carcase is branded, tagged or identified in accordance with section 9A and in the prescribed manner.
livestock means prescribed livestock or livestock of a prescribed species or class.
S. 9A
inserted by No. 73/1996 s. 32, substituted by No. 89/2001 s. 6.