Non-functioning identification device or tag may be removed
35 Non-functioning identification device or tag may be removed
For the purposes of section 9A(2)(c) of the Act—
a NLIS device may be removed if the device cannot be read with a reader; and
a NLIS ear tag may be removed if the identifying numbers cannot be visually read.
Reg. 35(1A) inserted by S.R. No. 118/2018 reg. 18(2), amended by S.R. No. 5/2024 reg. 20.
A person who removes a NLIS device or NLIS ear tag from livestock under subregulation (1) must immediately after the removal—
attach a new NLIS device or NLIS ear tag to the livestock in accordance with this Division; and
provide to the Secretary or a person nominated by the Secretary, in the manner required by the Secretary, a record that specifies—
the visually readable information printed on the NLIS device or NLIS ear tag that was removed, or if there is no visually readable information, a statement to that effect; and
the visually readable information on the replacement NLIS device or NLIS ear tag; and
in the case that a replacement NLIS device is used, the information recorded electronically on the replacement NLIS device.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
In this regulation reader means an instrument—
that is used to scan a NLIS device; and
that is capable of detecting and decoding the number encoded on the transponder in a NLIS device.
Reg. 36 substituted by S.R. No. 118/2018 reg. 19, amended by S.R. No. 5/2024 reg. 21.
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