98AExporter of cattle, sheep or goats to forward information

98A Exporter of cattle, sheep or goats to forward information

(1) An exporter of livestock, for each head of cattle, sheep or goat that is identified with an NLIS device and loaded onto a vessel or aircraft for export to a country other than Australia, must—

(a) scan the NLIS device; and

(b) forward to the Secretary, or a person nominated by the Secretary, in the required manner or by the required method of transmission, a record of—

(i) the unique number encoded in the NLIS device; and

(ii) the code "EEEEEEEE"; and

(iii) in the case of any cattle, the global positioning system coordinates of the location where the NLIS device was scanned and the time of scanning; and

(iv) the unique serial number of the vendor declaration provided in accordance with section 8A of the Act for the movement of the livestock outside Australia.

(2) If an exporter is required to make a vendor declaration under section 8A of the Act in relation to the movement of any cattle, sheep or goat identified with an NLIS device, the exporter, before that movement, must—

(a) scan the NLIS device identifying the cattle, sheep or goat; and

(b) forward to the Secretary, or a person nominated by the Secretary, in the required manner or by the required method of transmission, a record of the following—

(i) the unique number encoded in the NLIS device;

(ii) the property identification code of the property to which the cattle are transported;

(iii) in the case of any cattle, the global positioning system coordinates of the location where the NLIS device was scanned and the time of scanning;

(iv) the unique serial number of the vendor declaration provided in accordance with section 8A of the Act for the movement of the livestock.

Reg. 99 substituted by S.R. No. 118/2018 reg. 45.