Queensland Consolidated Regulations

STOCK IDENTIFICATION REGULATION 2005

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Contents

           Part 1--Preliminary

           Division 1--Introduction

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Purposes of regulation and their achievement

           Division 2--Interpretation
           Subdivision 1--Dictionary

   4.      Definitions
           Subdivision 2--Key definitions
   5.      What are designated stock
   6.      What is the threshold number of designated stock
   7.      What is a registrable place
   7A.     What is a stock transit facility

           Part 2--Registration of holdings and other places

           Division 1--The register

   9.      Chief inspector's obligation to keep register
   10.     Information required to be registered
   11.     Deciding chemical residue status, disease status or HGP status
   12.     Correction and updating of register
   13.     Evidentiary aids for register

           Division 2--Access to the register

   14.     Power to disclose registered information to approved NLIS administrator
   15.     Public access to register

           Division 3--Registration of registrable places
           Subdivision 1--Who must or may apply for registration

   16.     When owner of registrable place must apply for registration
   17.     Approval for particular registrable places to remain unregistered
   18.     Owner of registrable place may apply for registration even if not required
           Subdivision 2--Applying for and obtaining registration
   19.     Applying for registration
   20.     Deciding application
   21.     Provisions for the PIC for registrable place
           Subdivision 3--Discretionary registration
   22.     Chief inspector may register registrable place
   23.     Special purpose PIC
           Subdivision 4--Transfer of registration
   24.     New owner's obligation to give notice of transfer
   25.     Deciding PIC for transferred place
           Subdivision 5--Deregistration
   26.     Owner may apply to deregister

           Part 3--General provisions for the stock identification system

           Division 1--Approval of tags and their purposes

   27.     Chief inspector's power to approve tags
   28.     Types of approved tags and their purposes

           Division 2--Dealings relating to approved tags

   29.     Approval required to manufacture tag for use as an approved tag
   30.     Obtaining approval to manufacture approved tags
   31.     Restrictions on supplying and buying approved tag
   32.     Record-keeping obligations of supplier of approved tags

           Division 3--General prohibitions, restrictions and requirements relating to approved tags
           Subdivision 1--Provisions for all approved tags

   33.     Restrictions on altering or defacing or destroying approved tag
   34.     Prohibition on applying tag other than an approved tag
           Subdivision 2--Permanent tags
   35.     Restrictions on applying permanent tag
   36.     Restrictions on removing permanent tag
   37.     Restrictions on recycling or reusing permanent tag
   38.     Requirement to destroy removed permanent tag
           Subdivision 3--Temporary tags
   39.     Restrictions on removing transaction tag or HGP free tag
   40.     Restrictions on removing saleyard tag

           Division 4--Miscellaneous provisions

   41.     Approval to use different PIC for permanent tags for cattle
   42.     Prohibition on giving approved NLIS administrator false or misleading information about particular matters

           Part 4--Obligations of owners of travelling cattle

           Division 1--Preliminary

   43.     Operation of pt 4
   44.     How approved tags must be applied to cattle
   45.     When obligation to apply an approved tag must be complied with

           Division 2--Identification requirements

   46.     Cattle first travelled from their place of birth
   47.     Other travelling of cattle
   48.     Transaction tag requirements
   49.     Additional requirement for bolus ear tag if applied permanent tag of another type is a rumen bolus

           Division 3--When particular identification requirements do not apply or are modified
           Subdivision 1--Preliminary

   50.     Operation of div 3
           Subdivision 2--When identification requirements do not apply at all
   51.     Temporary travel to neighbouring holding
   52.     Travel to neighbouring holding for tagging for other travel
           Subdivision 4--When cattle need not bear a transaction tag
   54.     Cattle further travelled within 40 days
           Subdivision 5--Chief inspectorial approval
   55.     Approval by chief inspector to travel without particular approved tag
   56.     Who may apply for approval
   57.     Requirements for application
   58.     Deciding application

           Part 5--Obligations of owners of travelling sheep

           Division 1--Preliminary

   59.     Operation of div 1
   60.     How approved tag must be applied to sheep
   61.     When obligation to apply an approved tag must be complied with

           Division 2--Identification requirements

   62.     Sheep first travelled from their place of birth
   63.     Other travelling of sheep

           Division 3--When identification requirements do not apply
           Subdivision 1--When identification requirements do not apply at all

   64.     Particular meat processing facility sales
   65.     Temporary travel to neighbouring holding
   66.     Travel to neighbouring holding for tagging for other travel
   67.     Travel to and from sporting venue
           Subdivision 2--Chief inspectorial approval
   67A.    Approval by chief inspector to travel without particular approved tag
   67B.    Who may apply for approval
   67C.    Requirements for application
   67D.    Deciding application

           Part 6--Obligations of persons receiving any travelling cattle or untagged sheep

           Division 1--Cattle with an approved tag

   68.     Application and operation of div 1
   69.     General obligations if relevant place of destination is not a stock transit facility
   70.     Obligations if relevant place of destination is a stock transit facility
   71.     Additional obligation of selling agent if permanent tag is malfunctioning
   72.     Additional obligations for out-going cattle at saleyard or particular live export holdings
   74.     Additional obligations of meat processing facility owners
   75.     Owner's obligation to remove transaction tag of cattle travelled from relevant place of destination

           Division 2--Untagged cattle or sheep
           Subdivision 1--Obligation of particular persons to give inspector notice of particular consignments

   76.     Obligation to notify
           Subdivision 2--Further obligations of saleyard selling agents
   77.     Application of sdiv 2
   78.     Obligation to ensure cattle or sheep bear a saleyard post-breeder tag
   79.     Record-making and notification obligations
   80.     Record-keeping obligations
           Subdivision 3--Further obligations of meat processing facility owners
   81.     Obligation not to mix untagged cattle or sheep with other animals
   82.     Obligations relating to unlawfully untagged cattle or sheep
   83.     Record-keeping obligations
           Subdivision 4--Further obligations of persons in charge of stock at live export holdings
   84.     Application of sdiv 4
   85.     Obligation to find out PIC of last farm, feedlot or station of cattle or sheep
   86.     Obligation to apply tag to unlawfully untagged cattle or sheep
   87.     Record-making and notification obligations
   88.     Record-keeping obligations
           Subdivision 5--Further obligation of persons in charge of stock at other registered places
   89.     Obligation of person in charge to apply permanent tag to unlawfully untagged cattle or sheep
   89A.    Section 70 obligations also apply for untagged cattle that arrive at a stock transit facility

           Part 7--HGP free tags for cattle

   90.     When HGP free tag may be applied as a transaction tag
   91.     Who may apply HGP free tag
   92.     Prohibition on applying HGP free tag to cattle treated with hormonal growth promotant
   93.     When HGP free tag stops being an approved tag
   94.     Obligation to remove HGP free tag

           Part 8--Transitional provisions

           Division 1--Transitional provisions for identification requirements for cattle

   96.     Particular cattle travelling to meat processing facility
   96A.    Obligations of person receiving cattle to which s 96 applies

           Division 2--Transitional provisions for identification requirements for sheep

   99.     Sheep born before 1 January 2006
   100.    Election to apply permanent tag

           Division 3--Miscellaneous provisions

   101.    Register of holdings becomes the register under this regulation
   102.    Tags under former regulation

           Part 9--Amendment and repeal provisions

           Division 4--Repeal of Stock Identification Regulation 1985

   117.    Repeal
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           Endnotes