Brands and Marks Regulations 1949 (NI)

NORFOLK ISLAND

Brands and Marks Regulations

No. 2, 1949

Compilation No. 1

Compilation date: 13 August 2019

Includes amendments up to: Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015 (No. 2, 2015) as amended up to Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment (Fees and Other Matters) Ordinance 2019 (F2019L01048)

NORFOLK ISLAND

BRANDS AND MARKS REGULATIONS

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Citation 2. Forms 3. Application for registration 4. Application for transfer 5. Certificate of registration 6. Brands to comply with certain conditions 7. Cancellation of registration 9. Order of brands of cattle and horses 10. Branding and marking of sheep 11. Penalties Schedule 1 Schedule 2

NORFOLK ISLAND

Brands and Marks Regulations

Citation 1. These regulations may be cited as the Brands and Marks Regulations.

Forms 2. Any reference in these regulations to a form shall be read as a reference to a form in Schedule 1 to these regulations.

Application for registration 3. (1) Application for the registration of a brand or mark shall be in accordance with Form 1. (2) Application by the legal personal representative of a deceased proprietor for the transfer of a brand or mark shall be in accordance with Form 2.

Application for transfer 4. Application for the transfer of a brand or mark shall be in accordance with Form 3.

Certificate of registration 5. Upon the registration of any brand or mark or the transfer of any brand or mark, a certificate of registration in accordance with Form 4 shall be sent to the proprietor thereof.

Brands to comply with certain conditions 6. A brand shall not be registered unless it complies with the following conditions  (a) where the brand, wholly or in part, consists of a letter or letters, conjoined letters or a numeral or numerals, or any combination of letters, conjoined letters and numerals, each of such letters, conjoined letters or numerals shall not be less than one and a half inches nor more than three inches in height measured in their normal position and shall not be less than half an inch apart from any letter, conjoined letters or numeral forming part of that brand. (b) where the brand, wholly or in part, consists of a sign or character, such sign or character shall not be less than one and a half inches nor more than three inches in its greatest width or length, and shall not be less than half an inch apart from any letter, conjoined letters, numeral, sign or character forming part of that brand.