Biosecurity (National Livestock Identification System) Regulation 2017 (2017-231) (NSW)

Biosecurity (National Livestock Identification System) Regulation 2017

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Regulation This Regulation is the Biosecurity (National Livestock Identification System) Regulation 2017.

2 Commencement This Regulation commences on the commencement of the Biosecurity Act 2015 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Interpretation (1) In this Regulation— abattoir means a property used in the course of business as an abattoir or a knackery. agent identification code, in relation to a stock and station agent, means— (a) the code assigned to the agent under Part 2, or (b) any identification code assigned to or in respect of the agent under a related NLIS law. animal welfare inspector means an inspector within the meaning of Division 2 of Part 2A of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979. attached includes implanted, inserted, administered or applied. brand means a tattoo brand. breeder device means an identifier containing the property identification code of the property on which the stock that is to carry the identifier was born. camelids means members of the family camelidae other than vicunas or guanacos.

Note— Camelids include camels, alpacas and llamas. cattle means members of the genus Bos and also includes American bison or buffalo (Bison bison) and domestic water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). cattle scale operation means a business (other than a farming business) that trades in cattle by purchasing the cattle by live weight or price per head directly from farmers (and not by way of a public auction) and then sells the cattle on. district code, in relation to a stock identification district, means the code assigned to the district under Part 2. district registrar, in relation to land within a stock identification district wholly or partly within a local land services region, means— (a) any person appointed by Local Land Services to exercise any or all of the functions of the district registrar for the local land services region, and (b) if the Secretary has appointed a person to exercise any or all of the functions of the district registrar of the local land services region—that person. electronic device means a permanent identifier that uses radio frequency identification technology. electronically identified stock—see clause 17(4) and (5). equines means members of the family equidae.