Brands Act 1915 (Qld)

Brands Act 1915

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to brands and marks on stock

Part 1    Preliminary

1   Short title

This Act may be cited as the Brands Act 1915.

3   Definitions

The dictionary in the schedule defines particular words used in this Act.

4   Officers

(1)The chief executive may appoint a registrar of brands and deputy registrar of brands.

(2)Every police officer shall, without any appointment whatsoever under this Act, be and be deemed to be ex officio an inspector duly appointed under this Act.

Part 2    Applications for, and other matters about, brands and earmarks

5   Application for brand or earmark

Any person who desires to become the owner of a registered brand or earmark of whatever kind under this Act shall deliver or transmit to the registrar an application therefor in the approved form, accompanied by the prescribed fee.

6   Registration of horse and cattle brands and cattle earmarks

(1)The registrar, if satisfied that an application for a horse and cattle brand or cattle earmark is in conformity with this Act, shall allot to the applicant a horse and cattle brand or cattle earmark, as the case may be and shall register such brand or, as the case may be, earmark in the name of the applicant.

(2)However, if, in the opinion of the registrar, any horse and cattle brand or cattle earmark applied for is similar to or easily convertible into any other horse and cattle brand or, as the case may be, cattle earmark registered in the name of a person who uses or is likely to use it in the same locality as the brand or earmark applied for is likely to be used the registrar shall make such modification in the brand or earmark applied for as renders it dissimilar to such other brand or earmark or, as the case may require, less easily convertible into such other brand or earmark.

(3)A horse and cattle brand other than a symbol brand shall consist of letters, numerals, signs or characters or any combination thereof.

(4)The shape, pattern and arrangement of the letters, numerals, signs or characters comprising a horse and cattle brand shall be as the Minister, subject to this Act, determines.

6A   Symbol brands

(1)The registrar, if satisfied that an application made by the owner of a horse and cattle brand (other than a symbol brand) for a symbol brand is in conformity with this Act, shall allot to the applicant a symbol brand and shall register the same in conjunction with such horse and cattle brand.

(2)Such a symbol brand may be imprinted upon an animal in accordance with this Act either instead of or in addition to such horse and cattle brand.

(5)A symbol brand shall not be registered nor shall any person use such a brand unless it includes a dot to the right of and on the line with the lower part of the…