Stock (Brands and Movement) Amendment Act 1984 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

STOCK (BRANDS AND

MOVEMENT).

No. 65 of 1984.

AN ACT to amend the Stock (Brands and

Movement) Act 1970.

[Assented to 5 November 1984.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, 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:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Stock 2grgT.7pal

(Brands and Movement) Amendment Act 1984.	Act.
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(2) In this Act the Stock (Brands and Movement) as approved 12 May 1977

Act 1970 is referred to as the principal Act.

and

amended by

Acts Nos. 42

of 1978,

30 of 1979

and 9 of

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Commence-

ment.	2. The provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such days as are respectively fixed by proclamation.
Section 3

repealed.	3. Section 3 of the principal Act is repealed.
Section 5
amended.	4. Section 5 of the principal Act is amended

(a) by inserting after the definition of "drover" the following definition-

" "goat" means any male or female goat

and includes a sterilized goat; ";

and

(b) in the definition of "registered earmark" by inserting before "cattle" the following-

" goats, ".

Section 7

amended. 5. Section 7 of the principal Act is amended by

inserting before "for goats" the following-

" and one registered earmark ".

Section 8

amended. 6. Section 8 of the principal Act is amended

(a) in subsection (2), by deleting "Every" and substituting the following-

" Subject to subsection (2a), every ";

and

(b) by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection

(2a) Subsection (2) does not require a proprietor of goats possessing a registered earmark to use that registered earmark on any of his goats. ".

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7. Section 15 of the principal Act is amended—amended! (a) by repealing subsection (2); and

(b) in subsection (3), by deleting "or for goats".

Section 15A

8. After section 15 of the principal Act the follow- inserted.

ing section is inserted—

Brands and

run situated wholly or partly in any part of for goats. 15A. (1) Every proprietor of goats on any earmarks

the State specified in section 30 (1) (a) shall apply for, and obtain, a registered brand for goats and may, in addition, apply for, and obtain, a registered earmark for goats.

(2) A proprietor of goats to which subsec- tion (1) does not apply may apply for, and obtain, a registered brand, or a registered earmark, for goats or both such a brand and earmark.

(3) Every brand registered under this Act for goats shall consist of an arrangement of 2 letters and a numeral, as allotted by the Registrar, and shall be applied as

(a)	a firebrand burnt on the horns of the goat;
(b)	a tattoo that is applied in the pre- scribed manner to an ear of the goat; or
(c)	an eartag that is of such colour or colours, type and shape as the Registrar determines. ".

Section 16

9. Section 16 of the principal Act is amended amended.

(a) by inserting before "sheep" in the first two places where it occurs the following-

" goats, ";

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(b) in paragraph (a), by inserting before "mark" in the first place where it occurs the following-

" in the case of sheep or cattle. "; and

(c) in paragraph (b)—

(i)   by inserting before "sheep" in the first place where it occurs the following-

" goats or "; and

(ii)   by inserting before "sheep" in the second place where it occurs the following-

" goat or

Section 17

amended. 10. Section 17 of the principal Act is amended

(a) in subsection (3), by inserting before "sheep" the following-

" goat or "; and

(b) in subsection (4), by inserting before "sheep" the following-

" goats, ".

Section 18

amended. 11. Section 18 of the principal Act is amended in

subsection (1)-

(a) by deleting "sheep" in paragraph (e) and substituting the following-

" any sheep or goat "; and

(b) by inserting after "eartag" in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (e) the following-

" , if any, ".

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Section 19

12. Section 19 of the principal Act is amended amended.

by inserting before "cattle" the following

goats,

13.	Section 20 of the principal Act is amended	Section 20
amended.

by repealing subsection (4) and substituting the

following subsection

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(4) The Registrar shall, upon receipt of an application by a person for information concerning any registered brand, furnish to the person such of the information sought as is contained in the register and, where a print of any such information or any part of the register is requested, the Registrar shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, furnish the print as requested. ".

Section 2 4

14. Section 24 of the principal Act is repealed. repealed.

15.    Section 33 of the principal Act is repealed =tsitcltiu3t3ed.

and the following section is substituted-

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33. (1) Subject to this section, every earmarking

proprietor shall brand each of his goats kept ""s•

on a run situated wholly or partly in any part

of the State specified in section 30 (1) (a)

with his registered brand before the goat

(a) is weaned;

(b) attains the age of 6 months; or

(c) is removed from the run,

whichever first occurs.

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(2) Nothing in subsection (1) requires a young goat to be branded before it is removed from the run if

(a)	it has not then attained the age of 6 months nor been weaned; and
(b)	it is being removed from the run accompanied by its mother.

(3) The proprietor of any stud goat may, within the time specified in subsection (1) in relation to branding

(a)	tattoo his Breed Society mark on the ear of the goat; or
(b)	firebrand the goat with his Breed Society mark,

and thereupon no further branding of the

goat is required by this Act. ".

Section 34

amended. 16. Section 34 of the principal Act is amended in

subsection (2) by inserting before "sheep" the

following-

" goat, ".

Section 53

amended. 17. Section 53 of the principal Act is amended

in subsection (2) by inserting before "sheep" in each

place where it occurs the following-

" goat or ".

Section 54

amended.

18. Section 54 of the principal Act is amended in

subsection (1) by deleting "tag from the ear of any"

in paragraph (c) and substituting the following-

" eartag, not his registered eartag, from the ear

of any goat or ".

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19. Section 59 of the principal Act is amended in amended.9

subsection (1) by inserting before "sheep" the

following-

" goats, ".