91Saleyard operator to record information about pigs, sheep and goats and forward it to Secretary

91 Saleyard operator to record information about pigs, sheep and goats and forward it to Secretary

A person who operates a saleyard at which pigs, sheep or goats are sold or passed in must, for each pig, sheep or goat that is sold or passed in—

(a) record in the specified manner the pig movement information or sheep or goat movement information (as the case requires); and

(b) in the case of sheep or goats, forward to the Secretary or person nominated by the Secretary, in the required manner or by the required method of transmission—

(i) the sheep or goat movement information (other than the property identification code identifying the property to which the sheep or goats will be dispatched) and the required identifying information that identifies the saleyard, before the sheep or goats leave the saleyard; and

(ii) the property identification code identifying the property to which the sheep or goats will be dispatched (if provided by the purchaser or owner) by close of business on the next day after the sheep or goats are sold or passed in; and

(c) in the case of pigs, forward to the Secretary or person nominated by the Secretary, in the required manner or by the required method of transmission, within 2 working days of the sale or passing in of a pig—

(i) the pig movement information; and

(ii) the required identifying information that identifies the saleyard; and

(d) in the case of any pig, sheep or goat that died in transit to, or before dispatch from the saleyard, forward to the Secretary or person nominated by the Secretary, in the required manner or by the required method of transmission, within 2 working days of the sale or passing in of the pig, sheep or goat, a record that specifies—

(i) that the pig, sheep or goat is deceased; and

(ii) in the case of a sheep or goat identified with a NLIS device, the unique number encoded in the NLIS device; and

(iii) in the case of a sheep or goat identified with one or more NLIS ear tags, the first 8 visually readable characters on the NLIS ear tags; and

(iv) in the case of a pig that has a tattoo or ear tag, the brand or tag number set out in the tattoo or ear tag; and

(v) the required identifying information that identifies the saleyard.

Reg. 92 substituted by S.R. No. 118/2018 reg. 37.