Branding of Pigs Regulations 2003 (SA)

South Australia

Branding of Pigs Regulations 2003

under the Branding of Pigs Act 1964

Contents

1            Short title

3            Interpretation

4            Kind of mark prescribed as brand

5            Register

6            Manner of branding

Schedule 1—Fees

Legislative history

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Branding of Pigs Regulations 2003.

3—Interpretation

In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

Act means the Branding of Pigs Act 1964.

4—Kind of mark prescribed as brand

For the purposes of the definition of brand in section 2 of the Act, a mark consisting of a combination of 3 letters of the alphabet is prescribed as a brand.

5—Register

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.

6—Manner of branding

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; and

(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.

Schedule 1—Fees

1	Fee to accompany an application for the allotment and registration of a brand—see section 6(1) of the Act	$29.25
2	Fee to be lodged with a memorandum of transfer of a registered brand—see section 7 of the Act	$17.50
3	Fee to accompany an application for the renewal or reinstatement of the registration of a brand—see section 10(4)(b) of the Act	$29.25

Legislative history

Notes

•Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.

•Earlier versions of these regulations (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.

•For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or of regulations

These regulations became obsolete on the repeal of the Branding of Pigs Act 1964 on 1.1.2011.

Legislation revoked by principal regulations

The Branding of Pigs Regulations 2003 revoked the following:

Branding of Pigs Regulations 1988

Principal regulations and variations

Year	No	Reference	Commencement
2003	180	Gazette 28.8.2003 p3375	1.9.2003: r 2
2007	128	Gazette 7.6.2007 p2487	1.7.2007: r 2
2008	145	Gazette 5.6.2008 p2191	1.7.2008: r 2
2009	140	Gazette 4.6.2009 p2617	1.7.2009: r 2
2010	59	Gazette 10.6.2010 p2710	1.7.2010: r 2

Provisions varied

Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.

Provision	How varied	Commencement
r 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.7.2007
Sch 1	substituted by 128/2007 r 4	1.7.2007
substituted by 145/2008 r 4	1.7.2008
substituted by 140/2009 r 4	1.7.2009
substituted by 59/2010 r 4	1.7.2010
Sch 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.7.2007

Historical versions

1.7.2007

1.7.2008

1.7.2009