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Police remind the community about stock transportation responsibilities – Albury
Wednesday, 04 Nov 2009 04:20pmPolice from Albury Rural Crime Investigations Unit (RCIU) have reminded stock owners of their responsibilities under the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) database and to warn that spot audits will occur.
The NSW Police RCIU in conjunction with the Department of Industry and Investment (DII) have identified a number of incidents where cattle are being transported from one property identification code (PIC) to another for a number of varying reasons without the property to property transfer being updated on the NLIS database.
Rural Crime Investigators and DII Regulatory Officers are reminding owners/persons in charge of cattle of their responsibilities under the Stock Diseases Regulations 2009, in respect to updating the NLIS database and the consequences of not complying with the regulations.
It is important to stress the importance of conducting and updating all movements/transfers of cattle on the NLIS database.
The objective of the regulations is the control and eradication of certain diseases in stock and the prevention of the spread of diseases to other stock to protect the industry and ensure future growth within the domestic and export markets.
Landholders and persons in charge of cattle are reminded that Police or DII Regulatory Officers may at any time with or without assistants enter any land, building, vehicle, vessel, aeroplane or airship for the purpose of inspecting or treating any stock, artificial breeding material, carcass, fodder or fittings, or enforcing the provisions of this Act or Regulations.
Rural Crime Investigators in conjunction with Department of Industry and Investment Regulatory Officers will be conducting spot audits on properties where they believe offences may have been committed and landholders/persons in charge of cattle are advised to ensure all required movements/transfers are updated on the National Livestock Identification System database.
On arrival of any cattle at a property the owner or person in charge of the cattle must provide the owner or person in charge of the cattle at the current property with the number and type of cattle and the date the cattle left the property at which they were last held.
Other details required are the PIC of the previous property and the unique serial number of any form filled in or document created in relation to the cattle in accordance with any relevant order of the Director-General.
The person providing the information and the owner or person in charge of the cattle at the current property must each keep a record of that information and the PIC of the current property for a period of at least seven years from the date on which it was provided and produce this record if requested to do so by an inspector.
The owner or person in charge of the cattle at the current property must, within seven days of their arrival or prior to the cattle’s departure, whichever is the sooner, provide the authorised administrator with certain details unless they have arrived directly from a saleyard or stock and station agent.
Those details include the date of arrival, the relevant identification particulars of the cattle, the PIC of the current property and the unique serial number of any form filled in or document created in relation to the cattle in accordance with any relevant order of the Director-General. The property identification code of the previous property should also be included.