New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PROPERTY, STOCK AND BUSINESS AGENTS REGULATION 2003 - REG 37

37 Records of livestock sales to be kept by stock and station agents

(1) A stock and station agent who sells livestock as an agent (whether or not by auction) or who offers livestock for sale by auction as an agent must keep a written record of the sales at the agent’s registered office.

(2) Immediately after being engaged to sell livestock by auction as an agent, a stock and station agent must record the following particulars:

(a) the name of the owner of the livestock,

(b) the number of livestock to be sold,

(c) a description of the livestock that is sufficient to identify the livestock.

In the case of a sale by auction, the record must be made for each lot of the livestock and each lot number must be recorded.

(3) Immediately after selling livestock as an agent, a stock and station agent must record the following particulars for each lot of livestock sold:

(a) the date and place of the sale,

(b) the name of the purchaser or, if the stock was sold by auction, the name supplied under section 83 of the Act by the successful bidder as the name of the purchaser and the lot number,

(c) the price for which the livestock was sold per kilogram of live weight or per head,

(d) the details of the live weight weighing, if the livestock was sold on a live weight basis,

(e) the total price for which the livestock was sold.

Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 20 penalty units in any other case.