Brands Amendment Act 1907 (WA)

ESTEHN AUSTR ALTA.

ANNO SEPTIMO

EDWARD' SEPTIMI REGIS,

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No. 14 of 1907.

AN ACT to amend the Brands Act, 1904.

[Assented to 20th December, 1907.]

and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present	BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by andwith the advice and consent of the Legislative Council
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1, This Act may be cited as the Brands Amendment Act, 1907, Short title.

and shall be read as one with the Brands Act, 1904, hereinafter

referred to as the principal Act.

2.      Section five of the principal Act is hereby repealed and Amendment of 1904,

the following inserted in lieu thereof:— No. 61, s. 5.

5. All stock branded with a brand registered under any Act hereby repealed shall be deemed to have been duly branded under this Act, and such brand may continue to be used by the registered owner as if registered under this Act until the 81st December, 1908, but no longer, except with the permission of the Minister, and shall not be transferable except with such permission.

3.      Subsection one of section six of the principal Act is hereby Amendment of s.

amended by adding the following words:— (0.

Provided that in the case of horses and cattle belonging to the Government, the broad arrow may be substituted for the numeral.

1907, No. 14.] Brands Act—Amendment. [7 EDW. VII.

Provided, also, that any owner of cattle may register and use an ear-mark with respect to such cattle, in addition to the two letters and a numeral.

Amendment of s. 7. 4. Section seven of the principal Act is hereby amended by

inserting after the word " cattle," in line one, the words " with or

without an earmark for cattle."

Amendment of s. 12. 5. Section twelve of the principal Act is hereby repealed, and

the following shall be read in place thereof :—

12. (1.) 'fhe proprietor of any sheep who is the breeder thereof may earmark the same to denote the year of its birth; such earmark (herein called an age mark) shall be made on the off ear for female sheep and on the near ear for male sheep, and shall be made during or within three months after the expiration of the year to which it relates and not other wise.

In every sixth year after the year 1905, the off ear, or the near ear, as the case may be, of all sheep lambed during the year shall be left clean, and no mark whatever shall be made thereon.

For sheep lambed every sixth year after the year 1906, and in every sixth year thereafter, the age mark shall consist of one notch on the front of the ear.

For sheep lambed every sixth year after the year 1907,

and in every sixth year thereafter, the age mark

shall consist of two notches on the front of the ear.

For sheep lambed in the year 1908, and in every sixth

year thereafter, the age mark shall consist of three

notches on the front of the ear.

For sheep lambed in the year 1909, and in every sixth year thereafter, the age mark shall consist of one notch on the back of the ear.

For sheep lambed in 1910, and in every sixth year thereafter, the age mark shall consist of two notches on the back of the ear.

(2 .) Any person who makes any earmark, other than a prescribed culhnark, on the off ear of any female sheep or on the near ear of any male sheep, except as provided by this section, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

Amendment of s. 17. 6. Section seventeen of the principal Act is hereby amended by

adding a paragraph, as follows:

When any run is partly in Western Australia and partly in South Australia, the registrar may, on such terms and conditions as he may deem expedient, allow the use of any South Australian brand for such run, if such brand is not likely, in his opinion, to cause confusion or mislead.

7 EDW. VII.] Bran d .c Act— Am endment. [1907, No. 14.

7.      Section eighteen of the principal Act is hereby amended by Amendment of s. 18.

adding a paragraph, as follows :-

No fee shall be charged on such cancellation or on the application to register a new brand in place of the brand cancelled under this section.

8.      Section twenty -seven of the principal Act is hereby repealed, Amendment of s, 27.

and the following shall be read in place thereof :-

27. All earmarks shall be made by a punch or pliers only, and not otherwise ; and no ear or any part thereof shall be removed, cropped. cut, sliced, or split by means of any other instrument than a punch or pliers used to make a registered earmark or a cullmark or an age mark.

9.      Section forty-three of the principal Act is hereby amended Amendment of s. 43 •

by inserting after the word sheep," in line three, the words " and

cattle."

by Amendment of s, 50.

10.      Section fifty of the principal Act is hereby amended

adding the following words :-

" or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a

period not exceeding six months."

11. The Third Schedule of the principal Act is hereby amended Amendment of the Third Schedule.

by adding the following words:—

Application for Earmarb fbr Cattle.

To the Registrar of Brands.

SIR,

I (or we) enclose herewith the fee of seven shillings and sixpence, and request

that you will allot and register to me (or us) an earmark for cattle as shown in

the Schedule hereunder written :—

Description of Ear-

Name of Applicant. mark for Cattle. Name and Address of Run.

Dated the day of , 190 .

(Signature of Applicant.)

12.     The Brands Act, 1881, Amendment Act, 1882, is hereby Repeal of 46 Viet.,

No. 15.

repealed.

The principal Act shall be printed by the Government Printer as amended by this Act, under the supervision of the Clerk of the Parliaments, and a reference to this Act made in the margin.	amendments.
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By Authority : FEED. Wm. Snursos, Government Printer, Perth.