Subdiv 5Harvested rangeland goats

Subdivision 5—Harvested rangeland goats 71P—Chief Inspector may authorise person to operate goat depot (1) The Chief Inspector may, on application, authorise a person to operate a goat depot. (2) An application under subregulation (1) must— (b) be in the form and contain or be accompanied by the information required by the Chief Inspector. (3) A person must not contravene or fail to comply with a condition of an authorisation. 71Q—Offence to operate goat depot unless authorised A person must not operate a goat depot unless the person is authorised to do so by the Chief Inspector. 71R—Movement documentation (1) For the purposes of this Division, movement documentation, in relation to harvested rangeland goats being moved, must comprise a copy of the vendor declaration completed in relation to the animals. (2) The owner or person responsible for the management of harvested rangeland goats that are captured from a wild state and moved to a goat depot (the consignor) is guilty of an offence unless movement documentation that complies with subregulation (1) in relation to the animals— (b) is provided to the operator of the goat depot (the consignee). (3) The owner or person responsible for the management of harvested rangeland goats that are captured from a wild state and moved to an abattoir (the consignor) is guilty of an offence unless movement documentation that complies with subregulation (1) in relation to the animals— (b) is provided to the operator of the abattoir (the consignee). (4) The owner or person responsible for the management of harvested rangeland goats that are brought into this State or removed from a goat depot and moved to an abattoir (the consignor) is guilty of an offence unless movement documentation that complies with subregulation (1) in relation to the animals— (b) is provided to the operator of the abattoir (the consignee). (5) Records of documentation under this regulation must be kept as follows: (b) a consignee must keep a copy of the movement documentation relating to the consignment for at least 2 years. 71S—Harvested rangeland goats at abattoirs must have movement documentation (1) If, at an abattoir, a harvested rangeland goat that was moved to the abattoir from the place at which the goat was captured from a wild state or a goat depot is slaughtered and the movement documentation relating to the movement of the animal to the abattoir has not been provided as required under regulation 71R(3) or (4) (as the case requires), the operator of the abattoir and the person responsible for the management or slaughter of the animal are each guilty of an offence. (2) However, no offence is committed under subregulation (1) if the operator of the abattoir notifies an inspector, before the slaughter, of the omission and of as many prescribed movement details relating to the movement of the harvested rangeland goat to the abattoir as may be reasonably ascertained in the circumstances. 71T—NLIS notification before removal of harvested rangeland goats from goat depot If a harvested rangeland goat is held at a goat depot, the owner or person responsible for the management of the animal must not remove the animal from that goat depot unless the NLIS database manager has been notified of the identification code of the goat depot. 71V—NLIS notification after harvested rangeland goats moved to goat depot or abattoir (1) Subject to this regulation, if a harvested rangeland goat is captured from a wild state and moved to a goat depot, the operator of the goat depot must notify the NLIS database manager of the prescribed movement details relating to the movement of the animal within 2 days after the arrival of the animal at the goat depot. (2) Subject to this regulation, if a harvested rangeland goat is captured from a wild state, or removed from a goat depot, and moved to an abattoir, the operator of the abattoir must notify the NLIS database manager of the prescribed movement details relating to the movement of the animal to the abattoir within 2 days after the arrival of the animal at the abattoir. (3) If the operator of a goat depot or abattoir (as the case requires) becomes aware that information provided under this regulation is inaccurate or incomplete or that the animal was not moved direct to the abattoir contemplated at the time the information was provided, the person must, as soon as practicable, notify the NLIS database manager of the correct or complete information. (4) It is not a defence to a charge of an offence under this regulation comprised of a failure to notify the NLIS database manager of the identification code of a goat depot or abattoir to establish that an identification code had not previously been allotted to the goat depot or abattoir. (5) For the purposes of this regulation, if a harvested rangeland goat is removed from a goat depot and unloaded at any other land or premises (including a livestock saleyard) during transit, that other land or premises will be taken to be the destination land. 71W—NLIS notification when harvested rangeland goats slaughtered (1) The operator of an abattoir must, within 2 days after slaughtering a harvested rangeland goat, notify the NLIS database manager of the prescribed movement details relating to the movement of the animal to the abattoir. (2) The operator of an abattoir must keep a written record of the details referred to in subregulation (1) (other than those details required to be kept by the operator under regulation 71R(5)) for at least 2 years. (3) The owner or person responsible for the management of a harvested rangeland goat at an abattoir must provide the operator of the abattoir with information necessary for the operator to comply with subregulation (1).