9CRequirements for manufacturers of tags and devices

9C Requirements for manufacturers of tags and devices

S. 9C(1) amended by Nos 89/2001 s. 8(1)(a)(b), 35/2009 s. 80, 48/2010 s. 22, 1/2024 s. 34(1).

(1) A person must not make or sell or offer or expose for sale a tag or a marking, branding or identification device intended for identifying livestock for the purposes of section 9 or 9A or that is held out as being suitable for those purposes or that contains a property identification code allocated by the Secretary under section 9B unless the person is authorised for the time being in writing by the Secretary to do so.

S. 9C(2) inserted by No. 89/2001 s. 8(2), amended by Nos 35/2009 s. 80, 1/2024 s. 34(2).

(2) If a tag, mark, brand or other device intended for identifying livestock for the purposes of section 9 or 9A has been used to tag, mark or brand or otherwise identify individual livestock, a person must not use that tag, mark, brand or other device to identify other livestock unless the person is authorised for the time being in writing by the Secretary to do so.

S. 9C(3) inserted by No. 89/2001 s. 8(2).

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a tag, mark, brand or a device that does not identify the individual livestock.