Stock (Identification and Movement) Amendment Regulations 1998 (WA)

23 June 19981	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	3321
AG310*

STOCK (IDENTIFICATION AND MOVEMENT) ACT 1970

STOCK (IDENTIFICATION AND MOVEMENT) AMENDMENT

REGULATIONS 1998

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

(a)	be clearly embossed with the letters and numeral of the registered brand
or the Breed Society mark of the proprietor of the ostrich;

Citation
1. These regulations may be cited as the Stock (Identification and Movement) Amendment

Regulations 1998.

Principal regulations
2. In these regulations the Stock (Identification and Movement) Regulations 1972* are

referred to as the principal regulations.

[* Reprinted as at 7 June 1995.

For amendments to 6 Apri11998 see 1997 Index to Legislation of Western Australia,

Table 4, p. 2581

Regulation 7A inserted

3.   After regulation 7 of the principal regulations the following regulation is inserted —

"

Brands and marks for ostriches

7A. (1) In this regulation —

"Breed Society mark", in relation to an ostrich, means the mark registered

by a Breed Society as the mark of the proprietor of the ostrich.

(2) An ostrich that is 6 months or over or is one metre high or over must be

marked by means of a neck tag or a metal or plastic leg band.

(3) The neck tag or leg band must —

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(b) be manufactured by a person who holds an approval under subregulation

(9); and

(c) be identical with the approved sample in all material respects.

(4) A neck tag must be secured to the base of the neck above the feather line of

the ostrich.

(5) A leg band must be secured to a leg of the ostrich.

(6) The proprietor of ostriches shall apply to the Registrar for a registered

brand for the ostriches.

(7) The Registrar may register as the proprietor's brand a brand allocated by

the Registrar that consists of 2 letters and a numeral.

(8) If a proprietor has ostriches on 2 or more runs, the proprietor may apply

under regulation 14 for a different registered brand for use on each of the runs.

(9) A person must not manufacture a neck tag or a metal or plastic leg band for

use in the marking of ostriches unless -

(a) the person has first submitted a sample of the tag or band to the Registrar

for inspection and the Registrar has approved of the sample; and

(b) the tag or band is identical in type to that sample.

(10) If an ostrich chick is transported or moved from the premises where it was incubated, the chick must be transported or moved in a box bearing the registered brand or Breed Society mark of the proprietor of the chick.

(11) If an ostrich which is not marked by means of a neck tag or a metal or plastic band is transported or moved from one place to another place by any means, the ostrich must be transported or moved in a container bearing the registered brand or Breed Society mark of the proprietor of the ostrich.
(12) This regulation does not prevent a proprietor of an ostrich from marking

the ostrich by means of a neck tag or a leg band marked with any Arabic numerals

(a)	to denote the year of the birth of the ostrich; or
(b)	as a culimark.

(13) If a proprietor of an ostrich marks the ostrich with a neck tag or a leg

band -

(a)	to denote the year of the birth of the ostrich; or
(b)	as a culimark,

the mark must not be on the same side of the tag or band as the proprietor's

registered brand or Breed Society mark.

(14) This regulation does not prevent a proprietor of an ostrich from using a

microchip to identify the ostrich.

Regulation 11B amended

4.Regulation 11 B of the principal regulations is amended by inserting after "deer" the

following -

,ostrich ".

Regulation 20 amended

5. Regulation 20 (2) of the principal regulations is amended by inserting after 'deer" the

following -

,ostriches ".

Regulations 11C and liD inserted

6.After regulation 11B of the principal regulations the following regulations are

inserted -

Stock required to be marked - section 53B

11C. For the purposes of section 53B of the Act -

(a)	ostriches are prescribed stock; and
(b)	the proprietor of an ostrich is required to cause it to be marked in the

manner prescribed by regulation 7A.

Prescribed stock - section 62 (la) (a)
liD. Under section 62 (Ia) (a) of the Act, ostriches are prescribed to be stock for

the purposes of the Act.

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.