Brands Act 1915

Subject to subsection (3), a person shall not sell or offer for sale any pig of a live weight in excess of 30kg unless that pig has been branded with the pig brand registered in the name of its owner.

For the purposes of subsection (1), a pig shall be taken to be branded if and only if—

it is branded with a pig brand; or

it is branded with a brand registered pursuant to the law of any other State or a Territory and recognised therein as evidence of ownership of that pig; or

it is branded with a brand impressed or otherwise applied in a State or Territory, the law whereof does not require the registration of such a brand, and accepted therein as evidence of ownership of that pig.

The provisions of subsection (1) do not apply to a person who—

at the time of the sale of or offer to sell a pig, is not the owner of more than 2 pigs (including the pig sold or offered for sale); or

sells or offers for sale a pig purchased within a period of 7 days prior to the sale of or offer to sell that pig which pig had been branded with a pig brand registered in the name of the person from whom it was so purchased.