Branding of Pigs Regulations 1988 (SA)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

BRANDING OF PIGS REGULATIONS, 1988

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS

1.             Citation

2.             Commencement

3.             Interpretation

4.             Revocation

5.             Kind of mark prescribed as brand

6.             The register

7.             Manner of branding

8.             Fees

APPENDIX

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

REGULATIONS UNDER THE BRANDING OF PIGS ACT, 1964

Branding of Pigs Regulations, 1988

being

No. 196 of 1988: Gaz. 15 September 1988, p. 10551

as amended by

No. 269 of 1993: Gaz. 2 December 1993, p. 28522 No. 19 of 1997: Gaz. 20 February 1997, p. 10043

1 Came into operation 1 September 1988: reg. 2.

2 Came into operation 2 December 1993: reg. 2.

3 Came into operation 20 February 1997: reg. 2.

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Branding of Pigs Regulations, 1988.

Commencement

2. These regulations will come into operation on 1 September, 1988.

Interpretation

3. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"the Act" means the Branding of Pigs Act, 1964.

Revocation

4. The regulations made under the Act (see Gazette, 12 January, 1967, p. 53) as varied, are

revoked.

Kind of mark prescribed as brand

5. For the purposes of the Act, a mark consisting of a combination of three letters of the

alphabet is prescribed as a brand.

The register

6. For the purposes of section 4 of the Act, the registrar must keep as a register of brands a record in writing containing a description of each brand registered under the Act, the date of its registration and the full name and address of the proprietor of the brand.

Manner of branding

7. For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, a pig must be branded as follows—

(a)

the brand must be applied by tattooing with a carbon based liquid or paste;

(b)

the letters making up the brand must be—

(i)	not less than 15 millimetres and not more than 25 millimetres in height;
(ii)	not more than 15 millimetres apart;

and

(iii) clearly legible;
(c)	the tattoo must be applied—
(i) in the case of a pig bred from one owned by the proprietor of the brand-to the left shoulder of the pig;

or

(ii) in any other case—to the right shoulder of the pig.

Fees

8. (1) For the purposes of section 6(1) of the Act, the fee to accompany an application for

the allotment and registration of a brand is $25.

(2) For the purposes of section 7 of the Act, the fee to be lodged with a memorandum of

transfer of a registered brand is $15.

(3) For the purposes of section 10(4)(b) of the Act, the fee to accompany an application for

the renewal or reinstatement of the registration of a brand is $25.

APPENDIX

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Regulation 8(1):	varied by 269, 1993, reg. 3(a); 19, 1997, reg. 3(a)
Regulation 8(2):	varied by 269, 1993, reg. 3(b); 19, 1997, reg. 3(b)
Regulation 8(3):	varied by 269, 1993, reg. 3(c); 19, 1997, reg. 3(c)