Brands Act Amendment Act 1956 (WA)
| No. 44.] | Brands. | [1956. |
BRANDS.
5° Elizabeth II., No. XLIV.
No. 44 of 1956.
AN ACT to amend the Brands Act, 1904-1952.
[Assented to 18th December, 1956.]
BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
Short title
| and citation. | 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Brands Act |
Amendment Act, 1956.
(2) In this Act the Brands Act, 1904-1952,
Reprinted
| Acts, | Act No. 61 of 1904 as reprinted with amend- |
| Vol. 5. | |
| Approved | ments to and including Act No. 5 of 1948 |
| for Reprint | |
| 21st August, | incorporated pursuant to the provisions of the |
| 1950. | Amendments Incorporation Act, 1938, and as further amended by Act No. 55 of 1952, |
is referred to as the principal Act.
| 1956.] | Brands. | [No. 44. |
(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may
be cited as the Brands Act, 1904-1956.
s.12
| 2. Section twelve of the principal Act is | amended. |
amended
| (a) | by adding after the section designation, "12", the subsection designation, "(1)"; and |
(b) by adding the following subsection
(2) Any numeral or numerals denoting the age of a horse or head of cattle, may, without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, be imprinted on the off shoulder of the animal, but in such position only
| (a) | that if a registered brand has already been, or is being imprinted on the off shoulder, the top of the numeral or numerals is not less than two inches or more than three inches from, and directly under- neath, the bottom of the registered brand; or |
| (b) | that if a registered brand has |
not already been, or is not being,
imprinted, the numeral is, or the
numerals are, so imprinted, that
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| brand at least two inches from, and directly above, the top of the numeral or numerals. |
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