Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

STOCK ACT 1991 (NO. 10 OF 1991) - SECT 32

32. A person shall not, without reasonable excuse—

        (a)     use a registered mark without the authority of the registered proprietor;

        (b)     apply any registered mark to stock without the authority of the owner;

        (c)     alter or destroy an earmark that has been cut; or

        (d)     in the course of cutting a registered mark into the ear of stock pursuant to section 22 or 31, cut off more than one quarter of—

              (i)     the left ear of male or desexed male stock; or

              (ii)     the right ear of female stock.

Penalty—

        (a)     if the offender is a natural person—$1,000;

        (b)     if the offender is a body corporate—$5,000.

Permits to travel stock