93Operator of an abattoir or knackery to record and forward movement information to the Secretary

93 Operator of an abattoir or knackery to record and forward movement information to the Secretary

(1) An operator of an abattoir or knackery must, for each head of cattle, pig, sheep or goat slaughtered or processed at the abattoir or knackery—

(a) record the required information in the specified manner; and

(b) ensure the record is correct; and

(c) forward the required information 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 slaughter or processing.

(2) In this regulation required information means—

Reg. 93(2)(a) substituted by S.R. No. 95/2024 reg. 13.

(a) one of the following—

(i) in the case of any cattle, sheep or goat identified with an NLIS device that is processed at a knackery, either—

(A) the property identification code identifying the property from which the cattle, sheep or goat was dispatched; or

(B) the global positioning system coordinates of the location where the NLIS device used to identify the cattle, sheep or goat was scanned before dispatch to the knackery;

(ii) in any other case, the property identification code identifying the property from which the cattle, pig, sheep or goat was dispatched; and

(b) the property identification code of the knackery or abattoir; and

(c) the date of slaughter or processing; and

(d) the serial number on any vendor declaration accompanying the cattle, pig, sheep or goat; and

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

(f) in the case of cattle less than 6 weeks of age and not accompanied by their dam, the time the unique number recorded in paragraph (e) was recorded; and

(g) the body number of the cattle, pig, sheep or goat slaughtered or processed; and

(h) in the case of sheep or goats, whether the sheep or goat was vendor bred, and if not, the period of time the sheep or goat was kept on the property from which it was dispatched.

Reg. 94 substituted by S.R. No. 118/2018 reg. 39.