14APrescription of livestock agent declaration and particulars

14A Prescription of livestock agent declaration and particulars

For the purposes of the definition of livestock agent declaration in section 8A(9) of the Act, in the case of cattle, pigs, sheep or goats consigned to an abattoir, the prescribed document is a document (a post‑sale summary) containing the following particulars—

(a) the date of sale of the livestock;

(b) the number of livestock in the sale lot;

(c) the serial number on any vendor declaration accompanying the livestock;

(d) the property identification code identifying the property from which the livestock were dispatched;

(e) the property identification code identifying the property to which the livestock will be dispatched;

(f) in the case of livestock sold through a saleyard, the property identification code identifying the saleyard;

(g) whether the livestock are vendor bred, and if not, the period of time that the livestock were kept on the property from which they were dispatched;

Reg. 14A(h) substituted by S.R. No. 5/2024 reg. 8.

(h) in the case of sheep or goats that are identified by means of NLIS ear tags in accordance with the requirements set out in regulation 38(c), the property identification codes on the NLIS ear tags;

(i) for every sheep or goat identified with a NLIS device, the first 8 visually readable characters on the NLIS device if it is not identifying the property from which the sheep or goat was dispatched.