LOCAL LAND SERVICES ACT 2013 - SECT 120
Restrictions on the transport of stock by vehicle on road
LOCAL LAND SERVICES ACT 2013 - SECT 120
Restrictions on the transport of stock by vehicle on road
120 Restrictions on the transport of stock by vehicle on road
(1) An owner
of stock that are to be transported by a vehicle on a road must--
(a) duly
complete a transported stock statement in relation to the stock, and
(b) if a
person other than an owner is to transport the stock, make a copy of the
statement,
before the commencement of the transportation.
: Maximum
penalty--20 penalty units.
Note : Section 122 requires records of transported
stock statements to be retained.
(2) If the owner of stock causes another
person to transport the stock by vehicle on a road, the owner must provide the
person in charge of the vehicle at the commencement of the transportation with
a transported stock statement in relation to the stock before the commencement
of the transportation.
: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.
(3) The person
who is in charge of a vehicle in which stock are being transported on a road
must--
(a) be in possession of a transported stock statement in relation to
the stock, and
(b) ensure that the stock correspond with the description of
the stock specified in the document.
: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.
(4) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section if the stock
concerned are transported or are to be transported under the authority of--
(a) a stock permit, or
(b) an order, biosecurity direction, permit or
biosecurity zone regulation under the Biosecurity Act 2015 .
(5) This
section does not apply to the transport of stock by vehicle on a road in the
following circumstances--
(a) stock transported into New South Wales from
another State or the Australian Capital Territory and transported within New
South Wales for up to 30 kilometres before proceeding back into the other
State or that Territory as part of an unbroken journey,
(b) stock transported
across or along a road from one part of a holding to another part that would
be contiguous with the first-mentioned part but for being separated by the
road,
(c) stock transported to or from a place for treatment by a veterinary
practitioner (within the meaning of the Veterinary Practice Act 2003 ),
(d)
stock transported in any other circumstances prescribed by the regulations.
(6) In this section--
"owner" of stock includes--
(a) an employee of the owner of the stock, and
(b) a person other than the owner of the stock who is responsible for the
stock, and
(c) an employee of a person referred to in paragraph (b).
