Brands Act 1881 Amendment Act 1882 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO QUADRAGESEU0 SEXTO

VICTORIE REGIME

No. 18

An Act to amend The Brands Act, 1881.'

[Assented to 21st September, 1882.

15 th Vic.. No 7 it is expedient to prohibit the registration, under The Brands Act, 1881,' of the earmark commonly used for classifying sheep : Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-

Short title 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as The Brands Act,

1881, Amendment Act, 1882.'

Class mark 2. From and after the passing of this Act the Registrar shall not

rePte 'enied 'hall register as an earmark for sheep, nor as any portion of an earmark	not, be registered
as on earmark for sheep, the mark represented thus = being a clip out of any tor sheep

part of the ear or ears, not more than half an inch long, nor more than a quarter of an inch wide, and horse-shoe shaped at the end.

Any owner of	3. It shall be lawful for any owner of sheep to use the mark
Agog may use

exempted mark	hereby exempted from registration, for classifying purposes, in addition
for classifying
purposes	to his registered earmark,

46 VICTORI. No. 18

Brands Act, 1881—Amendment

for an earmark for sheep to register a mark or marks in each ear as; j■eamcaireaber 4. It shall be lawful for any owner of sheep making application Zmnark for

such owner's earmark, and in such case, if lie think fit, to register and tr;msposed

such mark or marks to be transposed according to the sex of the to denote	a9:
sheep to be earmarked.

WILLIAM C. F. ROBINSON,

GOVERNOR.