86Cattle scale operator and certain persons to record cattle movement information and forward to Secretary

86 Cattle scale operator and certain persons to record cattle movement information and forward to Secretary

(1) This regulation applies to—

(a) a person who operates a scale operation, in relation to cattle that are weighed, sold or passed in, assessed for sale or rejected at the scale operation; and

(b) a person who assembles cattle, other than at a scale operation, from properties with different property identification codes into mobs of cattle for dispatch to an abattoir or depot, in relation to cattle that are assembled; and

(c) a person who transports cattle from a farm to an abattoir or assembly point, in relation to those cattle.

(2) A person to whom this regulation applies, for each head of cattle to which this regulation applies, must—

(a) scan the NLIS device used to identify the cattle; and

(b) record the cattle movement information in the specified manner; and

(c) for cattle referred to in subregulation (1)(a) that are to be dispatched directly to an abattoir or knackery for slaughter or disposal within 7 days after the specified day, forward to the Secretary, or a person nominated by the Secretary, in the required manner or by the required method of transmission, the following—

(i) before the cattle leave the scale—

(A) the cattle movement information (other than the property identification code identifying the property to which the cattle will be dispatched); and

(B) the required identifying information that identifies the scale operation;

(ii) the property identification code identifying the property to which the cattle will be dispatched (if provided by the purchaser or owner) by close of business on the next working day after the specified day; and

(d) for cattle to which paragraph (c) does not apply, forward to the Secretary, or a person nominated by the Secretary, in the required manner or by the required method of transmission, by close of business on the next working day after the specified day—

(i) the cattle movement information; and

(ii) the required identifying information that identifies the scale operation at which the cattle were weighed, sold or passed in, assessed for sale or rejected, or if there is no scale operation, a statement to that effect.

(3) A person referred to in subregulation (1), for each head of cattle referred to in that subregulation that is less than 6 weeks of age and not accompanied by their dam, must include with the cattle movement information required to be forwarded to the Secretary or person nominated by the Secretary under subregulation (2) the following information—

(a) the global positioning system coordinates of the location where the NLIS device was scanned in accordance with subregulation (2)(a);