35Non-functioning identification device or tag may be removed

35 Non-functioning identification device or tag may be removed

(1) For the purposes of section 9A(2)(c) of the Act—

(a) a NLIS device may be removed if the device cannot be read with a reader; and

(b) a NLIS ear tag may be removed if the identifying numbers cannot be visually read.

Reg. 35(1A) inserted by S.R. No. 118/2018 reg. 18(2), amended by S.R. No. 5/2024 reg. 20.

(1A) A person who removes a NLIS device or NLIS ear tag from livestock under subregulation (1) must immediately after the removal—

(a) attach a new NLIS device or NLIS ear tag to the livestock in accordance with this Division; and

(b) provide to the Secretary or a person nominated by the Secretary, in the manner required by the Secretary, a record that specifies—

(i) the visually readable information printed on the NLIS device or NLIS ear tag that was removed, or if there is no visually readable information, a statement to that effect; and

(ii) the visually readable information on the replacement NLIS device or NLIS ear tag; and

(iii) in the case that a replacement NLIS device is used, the information recorded electronically on the replacement NLIS device.

(2) In this regulation reader means an instrument—

(a) that is used to scan a NLIS device; and

(b) that is capable of detecting and decoding the number encoded on the transponder in a NLIS device.

Reg. 36 substituted by S.R. No. 118/2018 reg. 19, amended by S.R. No. 5/2024 reg. 21.