Brands Act 1915

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act the person imprinting the first registered brand upon any horse, pig or head of cattle may, in addition, imprint upon such animal in accordance with the provisions of this section any numeral or numerals to denote the age of such animal or as a reference to a stud or herd book which contains a description of such animal or the particulars of its breeding.

A person may only imprint a numeral or numerals—

for a horse or head of cattle—in a position stated for the brand under section 7; or

for a pig—in a position stated for the brand under section 11A(5).

A person who imprints a numeral or numerals in the same position as an existing brand must—

imprint the numeral or numerals—

at the same angle as the existing brand; and

exactly beneath the existing brand; and

ensure the topmost extremity of the numeral or numerals is at least 35mm, and not more than 65mm, beneath the lowest extremity of the existing brand.

A numeral imprinted pursuant to this section shall have a face depth of not less than 30mm nor more than 65mm.

Subsections (2A)(b) and (3) do not apply to pigs.

In this section—existing brand on an animal means—

the registered brand imprinted on the animal; or

a numeral imprinted exactly beneath the registered brand imprinted on the animal.