Approved devices
37 Approved devices
(1) For section 16(1) of the Act, the Registrar may approve the following types of identification devices to be attached or applied to, or used on, livestock:
permanent identification devices;
cattle transaction tags;
transaction eartags.
(2) A permanent identification device is a device that displays the PIC registered for the property on which an animal is kept at the time the device is attached or applied to, or used on, the animal and may be:
a breeder device that shows the animal:
was born on the registered property; and
has not previously been moved from the registered property; or
(b) a post-breeder device that shows the animal has been moved from another property to the registered property.
(3) A cattle transaction tag is a tail tag or eartag that displays:
(a) the PIC registered for the property on which a head of cattle is located at the time the tag is attached or applied to, or used on, the animal and from which the animal is to be moved; and
(b) a serial number that is recorded in the waybill issued for the animal.
A transaction eartag is an eartag that displays:
(a) the PIC registered for the property on which an animal is located at the time the eartag is attached or applied to, or used on, the animal and from which the animal is to be moved; and
(b) a serial number that is recorded in the waybill issued for the animal.
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