Victorian Numbered Regulations

LIVESTOCK DISEASE CONTROL REGULATIONS 2006 (SR NO 172 OF 2006) - REG 62

r. 62

A person who conducts a public auction of cattle, other than at a saleyard—

        (a)     must record the movement information in the specified manner for each head of cattle sold or passed in at the auction; and

        (b)     if advised by the purchaser or owner of the cattle that the cattle are to be dispatched directly to an abattoir for slaughter or to a knackery for disposal within 7 days of being sold or passed in, must forward to the Secretary or a person nominated by the Secretary in the required manner or by the required method of transmission—

              (i)     the movement information (other than the property identification code identifying the property at which the cattle are to be kept after being sold or passed in) before the cattle leave the place of public auction; and

              (ii)     the property identification code of the property at which the cattle are to be kept after being sold or passed in (if provided by the purchaser or owner) by close of business on the next day after the cattle are sold or passed in; and

        (c)     in any other case, forward to the Secretary or a person nominated by the Secretary in the required manner or by the required method of transmission the movement information by close of business on the next day after the cattle are sold or passed in.

Penalty:     5 penalty units.